Haven't they answered your No. 1 with their Stage?This is a huge improvement. The company has been through the ringer since the Eva acquisition...I had all but lost hope that they would update the app as previously promised. Was pleasantly surprised when this dropped onto my iPhone with zero fanfare and fuss. They now have a proper in-house software development capability...and this release really shows its potential. The content aggregation, auto-playlist and recommendation engines are concise, useful and quick to navigate. Multiroom speaker management is already nicer than BluOS. Formation now has a proper platform that can be built upon.
If they could just add the following to the range:
1. A soundbar with HDMI eARC input that supports lossless and object-based formats. Having just optical in was a massive oversight.
2. A stereo-configurable speaker around the €1K mark (something to fill the gap between the Flex and the Duo)
3. A beefier sub...perhaps a wireless DB3D...or the potential to add multiple subs to a single space...the current one is nice but loses impact a bit in larger rooms.
I’m hoping this isn’t a last gasp but a new beginning for the Formation range.
Unfortunately not...the Stsge is a Bang and Olufsen soundbar not Bowers and Wilkins.Haven't they answered your No. 1 with their Stage?
Haha my bad, I've started the wine early tonight I'm afraidUnfortunately not...the Stsge is a Bang and Olufsen soundbar not Bowers and Wilkins.
Well it is nearly the weekend...enjoyHaha my bad, I've started the wine early tonight I'm afraid![]()
For native full MQA support, It's a hardware / DAC limitation. However you can have Roon do the first MQA "unfold" which will get you part of the way there but you'd be missing the rendering part which is full fat MQA.Is the lack of MQA something they can fix with a firmware update; or is that a hardware issue? I was thinking about whether it is worth switching to Qobuz given it will now now stream high res natively through the Formation app, whereas it seems Tidal is limited to CD quality streaming.
much appreciated!For native full MQA support, It's a hardware / DAC limitation. However you can have Roon do the first MQA "unfold" which will get you part of the way there but you'd be missing the rendering part which is full fat MQA.
There isn’t support within the app natively but Roon works flawlessly.Hi there, I'm new to this forum but since you seem to know a lot about the Formation Audio I wanted to know if the app has any functionality for playing my local files? It mentions Tidal, Qobuz etc but I also have a small collection of HiRes albums in iTunes and am wondering how I would play these with the Formation Audio. Thanks!
Agreed. I have Denon Heos upstairs and B&W Formation downstairs. Formation much more stable and frankly a joy to use in comparison to Heos, which is flakey and positively archaic in how it handles music services and libraries. The B&W 'Music' app has been updated continually in recent months which is a promising sign of their commitment to the platform.I am somewhat hopeful B&W will enhance the app to allow native streaming of local network files, hopefully in the not too distant future. For what it’s worth, I have two formation audios now, both connected to vintage hifi setups, and they sound great. You can pick them up for circa £400 on Ebay and you get yourself an excellent streamer and dac combo with multi room capability. I actually think they’re a bit under-rated given the performance and functionality you get for the money.