Just a quick hipness update. It’s all done. I’m lollygagging around in bed being waited on by a bevy of NHS angels.

This is where the Connect functionality from Tidal, Spotify and Qobuz is useful, no longer having to use the device’s app but being able to use their respective apps instead.

Three from the more recently set free pile. Agnus Obel – Aventine Aoife Nessa Frances – Protector Jessica Pratt – Here in the Pitch.

Stormcock. Well said that man.

Righty-ho having chucked in an album I no longer listen to I’ll throw in one I still play regularly. Sparklehorse – Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot.

Someone had to do it. I can hear Donna whispering very loudly in my ear ” the PINK BLOODY FLOYD!! GOOD GRIEF!!”

Due to my age I think I’m doing streaming wrong in as much that I stream entire albums. I don’t cherry pick from them and only rarely do I listen to playlists. Old habits die hard I guess. To answer your question […]

As I live in a small one bedroom flat with paper thin walls If I need to hear music everywhere within it’s confines I just turn the amp up to eleven.

He’s become more and more unbearable over the intervening years as he’s disappeared further and further up his own arse.

It looks like they have added to their product range since I last bothered looking at it. So mea culpa. As I mentioned this kind of multi-room lifestyle audio isn’t for me so I my knowledge of it is not extensive. […]

I concur. Anything that involves Stephen Fry can get in the bin.

Wiim products are not a multi-room networking solution like Sonos or Bluesound but a Wiim streamer could be added to a Sonos speaker via it’s analogue inputs or via Airplay 2 or Roon. The streamer could then be […]

I’m holding out for a steam powered kryptonite affair.

Diolch. I’ll let you know. Thursday is the cut and shut. Hopefully I’ll be back in my bijou council penthouse flat by next Monday if all goes according to plan. It’s going to be difficult for a while and the […]

My new hip will hopefully do Dobly if it picks up a stray FM transmission.

The Wiim Amp Pro can be had for around £400 and will easily drive your speakers. It’s a streaming amplifier so it will give you everything you’re looking for and more.

Diolch butty.

Thanks fellows. Only a handful of days to go before I get cut and sawed now.

I’ve heard good things about the Fiio too. It’s certainly cheap for a R2R dac. Interestingly I heard they are offering a tweaked version with a tube buffer. I imagine they will be claiming this will warm up the […]

Hi. Sorry for the tardy reply I’ve just arrived home from Wrexham after having pre-op bloods taken. Anyhoo a few questions. What’s your budget? Do you have an amplifier connected to a pair of passive speakers or […]