Recent content by Schnitger

Yes, slow internet is a pain. I live not 1.5 miles outside the M25 and the infrastructure (internet, public transport, even water pressure) is c**p compared to inside the M25's golden halo. The new broadband deal's small print states I have 14 days in which to cancel the deal. I think I'll try...

Thanks for the info. Speed checkers show a consistent speed of 16Mbps, though I've no idea if this means what I'm actually getting or what I 'could' get.

As per the title: can BT Digital Voice slow internet speed? 'Digital Voice' involves switching off a BT landline's analogue phone connection and relaying the phone signal digitally over broadband. Putting aside concerns about the lack of a landline during powercuts, my immediate concern is a...

I'll try that. I hope it can be rectified, otherwise the primary purpose for which I bought the Wiim has failed.

I have a Wiim Pro Plus that I can't fault except for the following: when streaming from the Qobuz app installed on the Wiim Pro Plus, gapless tracks are clipped at the point they move from one track to the next. There's a fraction of a second cut from either the end of a track or the beginning...

I've set up my WiiM to play in a similar way, i.e., by using an external DAC. It's good to see this tech trickling down to lower priced components. Provided the WiiM is connected to an external DAC the tech it uses seems to me universal and the there's no justification for charging 'audiophile'...

Glad to hear there's another happy WiiM user. Yes, I've just been poking about in JRiver and gone into 'configure DLNA servers' , 'audio', and changed 'mode' to original, which seems to do the trick, logically enough. I'm not counting my chickens though: I'll see if it works tomorrow or has all...

Like several people here I've just bought a WiiM Pro Plus and am impressed so far. It's connected via the optical out to an external DAC. The best thing to date is streaming Qobuz: using the app on the WiiM is preferable to streaming from my iPhone as this allows wifi connection (rather than...

I use Qobuz. It's excellent for classical music and the sound quality is excellent. Like you, I can only stream to my hifi by connecting my iPhone/Pad to a DAC via USB, but I'll be buying. WiiM Pro Plus in the next few days so I can stream wirelessly.

I think I'll go for the WiiM Pro Plus (read post 39 above!). It seems the simplest and I just don't believe in chucking much money at streamers and the like as they will probably last 3 years before software blah blah changes render them obsolete. The system it'll be used with is a decent one...

Thanks for the suggestions folks. The front runners at the moment are the WiiM (Pro or Pro Plus) or the Bluesound. The latter looks interesting as it offers the possibility of streaming ripped CDs - definitely a plus.

I've used a laptop connected via USB to a DAC - both the RME and an Auralic Vega - to play ripped CDs and downloads via JRiver Media Centre. It works but over time I've come to find setting up, running, maintaining etc, the laptop too much faff and I've gone back to playing CDs. At the moment I...

Is there any advice on 'affordable' streamers to use with an outboard DAC? The DAC is an RME ADI 2 fs and the streamer would connect to it with USB or toslink. I assume using a good separate DAC removes any issues with the streamer's internal DAC and that when used in this way all streamers are...

I've recently discovered this young quartet through their new recording of Beethoven's 10th and 13th string quartets. They play on instruments with gut strings and with 19th century bows. It's something of a revelation for me. Quite apart from the rich warmth of the gut strings, the interplay...

I have a REL Storm 5 bought in the mid 2000s that's still working well. I wouldn't want to be without a sub, despite their limitations. However, I read that driver design, on-board amplification and implementation have improved significantly in recent years. While my 'vintage' REL sounds great...