Pre amp
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On the WiiM Pro Plus there is a Never setting for Standby Mode. If you have this on the Ultra it would prevent WiiM and thus your amp from turning off.
Newer WiiM models don't offer that option, at least not on EU ground. 1 hour is the maximum stand by time.
The beta versions of WiiM Home for Windows and for MacOS might behave differently, but I wouldn't want to rely on that.
Interesting. What does the mobile app show after you have switched to Never in the WiiM home app and navigate to that screen in the mobile app?
I don't remember from the top of my head but could check this later today. I'm sure that it doesn't make the value "Never" available from within the mobile app.
Too fragile a setup to consider, as far as I am concerned.
I had ultra as pre but decided to use it as streamer only. My current setup using 3 different dac and analog pre. I find on every dac and streamer with digital volume doesn’t bode well as I find something lacking on low level listening. Analog pre I have maintained tonal balance even at lowest level and get much wider soundfield than using digital volume. Your miles may vary.
Just turned the standby never setting on.thanks for this.
After using the 7000a as a power amp,id like to know if I can connect everything to the ultra.i have a TT, cd,laptop and headphone amplifier. That way I can just leave the 7000a in power mode,and use the ultra for selection.what would be the best way,and with which type of cables? The turntable is obvious,and I assume i can go hdmi ti hdmi with the laptop. Any help would be grateful.
Oh.....I have an optional pp1 phono stage,but I'm thinking that may complicate things,and be no better than the one in the ultra.
Oh.....I have an optional pp1 phono stage,but I'm thinking that may complicate things,and be no better than the one in the ultra.
Mr Ee
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TT - obvious
you have two choices. Try both, but using the pp1 will use up the ultra analog in.CD - does it have optical out? If not, then that presumably means using the ultra analog in, so the TT choice is made for you.
Laptop - not hdmi to hdmi, Ultra hdmi is arc only (essentially just TVs). There have been a number of threads / posts about connecting a laptop to wiims - try a search. You could use the laptop analog out, which affects choices above, or maybe an hdmi to optical audio extractor, which also affects choices above.
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You could possibly use WiFi to connect your laptop to your Ultra. You could also get a hardware device that extracts an ARC signal from the HDMI signal.
There may be software available that turns your laptop's HDMI port into an ARC output.
As far as connecting the headphone amp, I think you need to use the analog out on the ULTRA unless the headphone amplifier has a digital input.
There may be software available that turns your laptop's HDMI port into an ARC output.
As far as connecting the headphone amp, I think you need to use the analog out on the ULTRA unless the headphone amplifier has a digital input.
Cheers Mr ee and double j
