Recent content by Witterings

I'm 100% in the music 1st .... but as s musician since a very young age, that includes enjoying hearing every bit of detail of every instrument without it having a harsh edge to it. I've always had a semi decent surround sound receiver which I used for stereo as well and a "reasonable" set of...

When you listen to your main system regularly, it's very easy to take if for granted and pick holes in what are probably bad recordings and blame the setup. I've had a day today of trying to decide whether to upgrade an amp in a secondary listening area, using an amp switch going back and...

A big thank you to everybody for their input, as much as anything it made ME think about it differently, he's not an audiophile so just wants something "good" that will do the job and is probably more "lifestyle" driven as opposed to seeking the absolute best possible sound but wants something...

I've just been looking at amp upgrades for myself as well and was considering the Vibelink or WiiM Amp Ultra but research tended to say they erred towards lean and lacking dynamics. Not sure is that's across the range or just to 2 I was looking at although I've not actually heard one myself.

They did some brilliant and renowned car stereos, I still have an 18 year old TV of theirs and nothing came close at the time.

That's brilliant and really helpful so thank you :D

Funny thing is, he's reasonably well off but he doesn't see HiFi as high on his list or spends hence why he's used the Echo up until now but generally, he buys quality goods so I'd say there's no set budget .... but he's not looking for a Rolls Royce just something "reasonable". If he was going...

How do you find the Nord Acoustics amp overall, I've been look at their value line amp recently and not sure whether to go for one of those, a Brio Rega or I currently have one ZA3 which isn't being used to could get a 2nd and set them up as mono blocks. My concern with the Nord, I wonder if it...

A friend who's definitely no audiophile has asked me for some suggestions to upgrade from using an Echo Dot in a fairly large Kitchen Living area with Patio doors out to the garden. He was about to buy a pair of Sonos 1's but asked me what else he should consider but wanted to keep the spend...

I think someone needs to take up drums .... acoustic that is not electronic and the neighbours need to learn some musical appreciation. Give it a couple of weeks and promise to get rid of the kit .... they'll let you play your stereo at whatever volume you desire :ROFLMAO:

@nopiano & @record_spot I believe bands used to get an advance and paid approx, 10% of an albums sale price BUT there were loads of costs deducted 1st i.e. packaging on every sale, all of the advance and any other costs that could be deducted i.e. recording, artwork, production before...

I don't think you need a separate dedicated room and I'm pretty sure 95% + of people don't have one ... I personally like having a surround sound system and a separate amplifier with HT Bypass for HiFi though. With reduced cost of modern day competition, as you say, you don't need to spend a...

I've been with Tidal for about a year but prefer using the App on a PC rather than on a tablet or phone and it often doesn't see the devices. I had a trial on Qobuz and just couldn't get on with their App, I'd try Spotify but if you google / put into AI the general consensus is it's not as good...

Yes, I think it has been discontinued so was probably looking at 2nd hand. Since replying to your last post I've spent the whole time querying AI and I think I'm going to get a 2nd hand Cyrus and just leave it switched on a lot of the time, cost's about £30 a year more than some something that...

I have looked at the WiiM and Bluesound offerings (Ultra Amp, Vibelink, Powernode) and discounted for various reasons. Whilst I was doing an upgrade was hoping to go more "HiFi" orientated if that makes sense and may upgrade the speakers at some stage as well. I was guessing that as the little...