Recent content by Steve Woodhouse

I think there’s a connection with the whole vinyl revival. People have had over a decade of lifestyle product, all-in-one Sonos speakers. Now, just like the vinyl lovers, they want to go back to ‘proper hi-if’. That used to be a CD player, amp and speakers. But they don’t play CDs any more, so...

So that’d be two analogue inputs on the Ultra, digital out from the Ultra into the amp. An extra analogue input on the Amp.

Smashing news.

A reply which magically has absolutely nothing to do with the post it quoted.

And yet…

Hence “perfect” in quotes. We will, of course, wait for the measurements. But what makes me laugh is the number of people trying to big up the issues, which were first noted in the review and measurements at Erin’s Audio Corner. What’s making me laugh? He’s since gone on to do side-by-side...

For me, even if RC gets totally sorted on the Ultra, I'm not sure it’ll ever be better than REW. Any reason you’re not going to just use that? Just asking.

I think the release schedule has been updated, and we’ll see these during Q3, so between 1st July (US first) and 30th September at the very latest.

My thoughts are this. The Amp was reviewed well, lots of comments about it being a game-changer, a market-disrupter, and a real threat to the established audio world…BUT. But the one negative was that the amp wasn’t up to snuff in some instances, due to load dependency, which would have been...

Did they give any timeline for this Amp Pro Plus? If it’s hot on the heels, I might be persuaded to wait. I’ll have to have a think.

Well, I didn’t think I’d be reading yesterday’s details for the launch of the Ultra and mystery product, and deciding not to buy the Ultra. But that’s pretty much what I’ve decided to do. I think I’m be getting an Amp Pro. Caveats. Firstly, I’ll be waiting for reviews. Shouldn’t be too...

It will be possible to use an external phono pre amp, input using line level.

“By Q4”? I mean ‘by’ means before it starts, doesn’t it?

I suppose the Ultra has a screen, and extra flexibility with ins and outs. Many were guessing at an external power amp, and dreaming it’d be the standard of something like the Topping PA5 II. How much would we have paid? Well with the Amp Pro, it looks like we’re getting that for £40.

I stand to be corrected, and apologise if I’m in error. But I thought a pair of monos was going to be $260.