1.     Don't be a dotard!
    Read these "rules" AND introduce
    yourself     before your first post
  2. A healthy approach to understanding measurements
    Being true to what the artists intended
  3. After being asked for the 308th time, Merv lists top 5 headphones
    (opinion / entertainment piece)
    Dismiss Notice
  4. $1000 to the first to design a headamp using discrete components with better measurements than Magni 3+
    Dismiss Notice
IMPORTANT: New Members Read This Don't Be a Measurement Fascist Merv's Top 5 Headphones - 2023 Edition $1000 Challenge

atomicbob's Recent Activity

  1. atomicbob replied to the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    What version of firmware are you using that has no issues? Is it your opinion that no other measurements are useful, even when they are...

    Jul 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM

  2. atomicbob replied to the thread Is Streaming HIFI really HIFI?.

    @MattKim6 you might find it interesting to read this post

    Jul 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM

  3. atomicbob replied to the thread Is Streaming HIFI really HIFI?.

    Especially when adorned with the atomicknob golden volume knob option as seen here

    Jul 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM

  4. atomicbob liked rhythmdevils's post in the thread Is Streaming HIFI really HIFI?.

    I'm not sure I agree that X is not hifi simply because Y is "more hifi". something is always "more hifi"

    Jul 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM

  5. atomicbob replied to the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    See answer in post quoted above.

    Jul 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM

  6. atomicbob attached a file to the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    Why silencing the output (gating to silence) matters, at least to those of us attempting to determine measured performance. Wiim Ultra...

    20250704 Wiim Ultra distortion vs amplitude spdif-opt SE out gated t2 annotated.png 20250704 Wiim Ultra distortion vs amplitude spdif-opt SE.png Jul 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM

  7. atomicbob liked ADias's post in the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    I thought you were testing the Pro as a streamer via coax/toslink out to an external DAC… Also… I just checked. The latest Pro...

    Jul 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM

  8. atomicbob attached a file to the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    Version 4.8.721260 fixes the problem. It was not available to me yesterday when I checked for updates. I am testing the Pro both as a...

    20250703 Wiim Ultra -30dBFS FFT spdif-opt SE 143 S gate.png Jul 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM

  9. atomicbob attached a file to the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    Getting back to the Wiim Pro, I wanted to do usual suite of measurements on the DAC line out. But the Wiim Pro seems to know what is...

    20250702 Wiim Pro sine 1KHz -30dBFS gate 120S.png 20250702 Wiim Pro sine 1KHz -30dBFS gate 190S.png Jul 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM

  10. atomicbob liked ADias's post in the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    Of course you know this, but these are the Ultra settings for bitperfect to set on the WiiM Home App: Output: USB -> Max USB Output...

    Jul 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM

  11. atomicbob liked SofaSamuraiX's post in the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    I feel that way about a lot of good these days, companies want to charge as much for as little as they can it seems, and these are large...

    Jul 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM

  12. atomicbob liked purr1n's post in the thread Wiim Pro Measurements - the horror, the horror + crazed fanboi.

    I have no doubt the Ultra is better thus why we will be getting it it. The question with the Ultra is this: will it be the...

    Jul 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM

  13. atomicbob attached a file to the thread Wiim Pro Technical Investigation.

    Many of the data captures presented above were taken while the device output was sending a simple idle data stream. For convenience...

    spdif coding format.png 20250629 Schiit Eitr spdif 44K load 75R - output idle annotated.png 20250629 Schiit Eitr spdif 44K load 75R - output signal annotated.png Jun 29, 2025
Show older items