Recent content by Witterings

I think OP's issue might be not using very expensive speaker cable.

I was going to sugget the same as @DiggyGun ... to get a streamer. It also makes it more convenient that your laptop doesn't have o be wired to your DAC and if you connect the streamer to the same network as your laptop it shoul dbe able to find any music stored on it. Even a WiiM mini would...

Might be an idea to say why you're asking and what you're trying to achieve and if you're looking for recommendations or if it's just out of curiosity. I have a Denon ACR 2311 for home theatre but use the Preamp outs for my main Front L/R speakers using HT Bypass into an Arcam SA 30 which I use...

I was about to start a new thread and then I saw this one which whilst old seems to have come back to life a bit so thought try here 1st. I used to listen to Wave105 which was brilliant and the DJ's / commentators have a great and often self deprecating humour amongst themselves, they got...

I did similar ... bought same size SD, was using Amazon Music Unlimited at the time and downloaded their Hi Res tracks / my playlists to the card so I had them available offline rather than using mobile data.

I honestly can't see that working especially of it's aiming at a portable market, why would you want to carry that as a secondary item and a heap of discs around when you have a phone with you that can hold thousands of songs or stream from a choice of 100 million. If it was home based and...

I was a WiiM user and still am for all Multiroom situations. I got an Ultra and a Bluesound Nano both on home trial to pair with my Qutest, overall I found the Nano had a warmer sound with greater detail, WiiM's just sound "thin" in comparison and the bass to low mids a bit "compressed". They...

Not so sure it'd be a "favourite feature" but an essential one to me is easy connectivity, if it's a PITA, you're not going to use it. After that would be sound quality.

Sods bloomin law have seen 1 other to throw into the mix ... Sonus Faber Lumina 1 :LOL: Oh to be retired having won the lottery, I'd absolutely love the time just comparing them all, that'd be a hobby in itself. Have to say though. I'm heavily leaning towards the latecomer from what I've...

This is where my listening suffers as 80% of the time, it's either background music whilst talking or other people are in bed so most of the time it's very low. I'm guessing manufacturers probably "tune" systems / speakers at the sort of volume I was listening last night, so quiet is never...

"The Boss" is out tonight, I'm in my main listening room and as she's out have "cranked it up" .... not stupid loud, but louder than when she's gone to sleep which is a lot of my listening time. My whole system has jumped into life with no EQ or anything, I tried it with Dirac previously and...

That is a really useful article, the simple explanation of the bands at the end is brilliant!

I had a pair of Focal Aria 926's for over 6 months, for their cost I think they punched way above their weight and their detail / clarity was amazing, the only thing that got to me over time was the top end which became fatiguing with long listening sessions. I do still wonder if I should...

That's what I believed from other's comments, I back to backed a WiiM Ultra and a Bluesound Nano, both using USB out into a DAC and granted it was hard to spot but I did feel there was a small difference in sound. That's just my eperience.

I am looking at upgrading some speakers and appreciate I'm only going to know which I prefer by actually listening to them both but I was just generally interested if most people had a leaning towards a precise, monitor type sound, or if you'd generally err towards something with some colour / a...