Recent content by bristollinnet

I suspect the ‘lifetime subscription’ model will soon be jettisoned for new subscribers. Whether Roon will honour existing lifetime subscribers beyond (say) 5 years is moot.

I’m curious as to if and when WHF will respond to criticism of their review process and the (even now) lack of updating their original glowing review if only to warn buyers to make sure the dealer updates the firmware before purchase. Longer term, might I suggest they need to reassure readers...

This is something of a depressing thread - not so much focused on Arcam albeit they do appear to be serial offenders - but rather on the lack of any obvious response from WHF. A simple message from them that in future they will routinely check for gapless playback on both streamers and CDs on...

You may just have heard of a popular beat combo from Liverpool called the Beatles. Try listening to Sgt Pepper or Abbey Road with gaps between songs that were programmed as a medley. Or any decent rock live concert album. Or plenty of classical Including lots of opera. Or prog stuff like Dark...

I'm not at all surprised that Arcam's firmware at launch is flawed and/or incomplete as it has been their Achilles heel for the last few generations of hardware. Are they the only brand/manufacturer to which such criticism applies - of course not. However, whilst in this instance I might swallow...

Installing firmware updates via a USB stick is just not good enough for today's consumers who are used to painless firmware and software updates through the internet. Arcam are not the only manufacturer of course who do this, but it betrays a design approach stuck in the mud of well over a...

Well all I can say is that either you were lucky and/or I’m unlucky. Google around and you’ll find plenty of similar adverse comments specifically with Arcam, but also more widely in matching TV toslink into a stereo amplifier. I contacted Arcam who told me to update firmware (which I did) but...

I’ve had the Arcam SA20 for a number of years, and as a mid-range ‘old-fashioned’ hi-fi amplifier just playing music from good sources it is very good. However it doesn‘t have HDMI ARC or eARC input for a TV/monitor which in my view today is pretty unforgivable. If you connect a TV via its...

I had a not too dissimilar problem a few years ago with an Arcam 10 integrated. I was (still am) using it an a triamped set up with two additional Arcam 10p power amplifiers, driving a pair of (still gorgeous) Epos ES22 speakers. I had the Arcam 10 privately repaired by a bloke from Wales that...

It might be worth looking at the Kanto range - cheaper than LSX's and their YU4 , YU6 and new TUK models get reasonable reviews given what they are. They don't have WiFi connectivity, but they all have optical, bluetooth and phono. Unlike the LSX's they don't have matching wall brackets, but...

Personally I wouldn't touch Audirvana any more. They have moved from lifetime license model to monthly fee. I suspect they will go down the plughole within a year or two.

I fear you've done what all owners of Arcam's recent output have done, which is to assume because it is Arcam then it will be a seamless quality listening experience. For basic 2 channel amplification you're probably correct, but for anything that tries and uses the SA30's bells and whistles...

I had a pair of Epos ES14s in the late 1980s bought from what used to be Radford HiFi in Bristol. Until I was burgled...they managed to take one speaker (they are fairly heavy), before my neighbour disturbed them and called the police. Bastards (not my neighbours). I had Sky TV installed a few...

Family sharing playlists? Are you mad?

AirPlay won't (at least not yet) support HiRes lossless streaming - ie not much better than lossy BlueTooth.