WiiM Pro & WiiM Pro Plus Review 2 Channel
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Member 64 posts Mr Underhill Member 64 posts
Mr Underhill
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So, how good are they??
 
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JamieMcC Member 525 posts
JamieMcC
I note Wiim pro and pro plus are now capable of room correction.
 
I'm giving It a go at the mo
 
The first hurdle was not being able to see the room correction Icon on the app on my Android phone it seems you require a a iOS device to configure. Fired up the iPad and opened the Wiim and the icon was visible. Very straightforward to set up using the microphone on your iOS device.  I'm thinking of it as something to play around with rather than a full on calibration set ups that use calibrated microphones set up in multiple positions.
 
Once turned on via a iOS device the room correction does seem to stay on if you then switch to using a android device for playback control. However I was only briefly able to listen just two tracks before having to run some unexpected errands.
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MarcBC Member 312 posts
MarcBC
I have just bought a WiimAmp for use in a drawing room and, despite the room correction, am not being knocked sideways as I expected to be based on the in awe reviews for the streamer. My Naim QB Muso 2nd gen is way superior (to my ears). More expensive but then it has the speakers built in.
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JamieMcC Member 525 posts
JamieMcC
Yep you gotta take the reviews with a pinch of salt seems to me a lot of online review content is driven via some form of kickbacks.
 
I purchased a fozi V3 to try for summer use rather than running hot valves in the room.  While sonics are ok and it's pleasant enough to listen to it just doesn't for me provide any emotional engagement to what you're listening to and there is zero chance of any physical effects like goosebumps, chills etc.
 
Quiet happy with the Wiim pro plus as a streamer in my second system.
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Stewart Godfrey vinyl4ever Member 76 posts
Stewart Godfrey vinyl4ever
I have just bought a WiimAmp for use in a drawing room and, despite the room correction, am not being knocked sideways as I expected to be based on the in awe reviews for the streamer. My Naim QB Muso 2nd gen is way superior (to my ears). More expensive but then it has the speakers built in.
I had one of these on loan, gave it back after 3 hrs. Sounded very flat, with no sparkle or and bass come to that. 
I didn't know that
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MarcBC Member 312 posts
MarcBC
I had one of these on loan, gave it back after 3 hrs. Sounded very flat, with no sparkle or and bass come to that. 
Exactly my thoughts - no sparkle and flat. Bass is okay in as much as I can hear it.
My "bits and bobs" per my profile.
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Ian IanP Member 175 posts
Ian IanP
My Pro arrived a few hours ago, being primarily bought to play the BBC sounds app. I am very, very happy with it.
 
I needed it as we changed from Virgin and I could no longer access Beeb sounds via the telly box thing. Via this it could sound a bit thin at low levels but the Wiim has an excellent equaliser facility that helps tremendously.
 
Mr Don Letts is in the house again !
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Roger Baloo3 Member 149 posts
Roger Baloo3
Yep you gotta take the reviews with a pinch of salt seems to me a lot of online review content is driven via some form of kickbacks.
 
I purchased a fozi V3 to try for summer use rather than running hot valves in the room.  While sonics are ok and it's pleasant enough to listen to it just doesn't for me provide any emotional engagement to what you're listening to and there is zero chance of any physical effects like goosebumps, chills etc.
 
Quiet happy with the Wiim pro plus as a streamer in my second system.
And you have to consider that people who have invested thousand upon thousands in HiFi will have a confirmation bias towards their expensive gear. I know I did! Personally all I can hear is different.
MUSIC KEEPS ME SANE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!🙃
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Roger Baloo3 Member 149 posts
Roger Baloo3
Just been told by WiiM support that the room correction app for Android arrives this week, makes the WiiM Pro even more versatile.
MUSIC KEEPS ME SANE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!🙃
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Roger Baloo3 Member 149 posts
Roger Baloo3
If you go to the WiiM forum you can join the Beta trial on android now.
MUSIC KEEPS ME SANE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!🙃
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mikeyb Member 27 posts
mikeyb
I haven't seen a good review for the 'amp' version yet?
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Lowfold Member 5 posts
Lowfold
I have been using Wiim products for over a year now. Overall I am very happy with the convenience and value for money of their proucts. They can benefit from system matching to try and get the best out of them. I tend to stream from Amazon Unlimited to get the UHD files. Better quality music files are noticably an improvement. I also stream BBC rather than use a tuner.
 
Here are my notes on teh 3 models I have:
 
Wiim mini - with decent SMPS feeding via optical into Arcam SA20. The Arcam DAC is significantly better than the one in the WIIM mini. The sound is suprisingly good with teh Wiim Mini doing teh streaming and the Arcam doing the DAC and amplification.
 
Wiim Pro - using chinese linear PSU feeding via Coax into Meridian DSP5000. Sounds wonderful, however the Meridians have an 18 bit DAC and with not work at Wiims highest bit rate (set to 48khz), Again not using the Wiim DAC but needed the pro to get coax out.
 
Wiim Pro Plus - using ifi Ipower SMPS feeding into Arcam AVR250 in stereo direct biamp mode driving Castle Harlech. I did a back to back comparison woth Pro and Pro Plus in the same system. Pro Plus DAC is worth the extra (I had used a seperate DAC with Pro to improve the sound prior to getting the Pro Plus)
 
As an Android user I am loooking forward to trying room correction. However I have used diffraction and aborbstion panels to tweak the sound in my main listening room, along with the parametric EQ in the Wiim. Also due age hearing loss around 4k means I tweak the sound to mitigate this issue as well.
Too much HiFi ...I will have a clear out...one day.
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Keith Cooper Purité AUDIO Trade Member 65 posts
Keith Cooper Purité AUDIO
ASR have measured both Pro and Pro  Plus as streamers ( digital out) both perfect, but the analogue out on the Pro is not great, this was significantly improved in the ‘Plus’ which is audibly transparent.
Keith
Purité Audio London.
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jandl100 Member 1,010 posts
jandl100
I've had a WiiM Pro for a few weeks, and I'm very pleased with it as a digital streamer into my Topping D90 DAC.
 
A couple of days ago I thought I'd have a play with its room correction facility.
Very easy to use after a very brief time playing around with it....
 
😲
 
..... blimey.
 
Obviously it must be very system and room dependent.
The correction curve is mostly +/- 3db for me, which isn't huge.
 
But Wow, the improvement is not at all subtle. A significant improvement in clarity, resolution, in room vividness, and naturalness for me.
 
The room correction is staying switched in, for sure.
Jerry
Box swapping classical fan
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Mr Underhill Member 64 posts
Mr Underhill
I'm looking forward to getting my mits on the Ultra, a bit of a queue in front of me!
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motortown review Member 63 posts
motortown review
Had my Ultra for a day now, enjoying it much into myNaim 272 pee/streamer, I’d has it has the edge over the internal Naim streamer of the 272 using the 272 internal dac. Not tried using the Wiim internal dac yet or as a preamp.
For the money it’s a steal.
Not tried any other input except the digital coax out into the Naim 272 internal dac.
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Ian IanP Member 175 posts
Ian IanP
I've had the pro for three weeks now, bottom line, for the money, it's insanely good.
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JamieMcC Member 525 posts
JamieMcC
Wiim pro plus 20% off on Amazon for today and tomorrow I think down from £219 to £175
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Nick Nopiano Member 780 posts
Nick Nopiano
Wiim pro plus 20% off on Amazon for today and tomorrow I think down from £219 to £175
It’s been £169 at Richers and Audio Affair among others. AA just wrote on Facebook that their price drop ends tonight!  
Sonus faber Guarneri Memento/ATC SCM40, Pass Labs XA25/Fosi v3 monos, Linn Akurate DSM/3 streamer/preamp, Wiim Pro Plus, Marantz SA-14S1SE player, Oppo BDP-95, Tascam CD-200, Nakamichi ZX-7, Michell TecnoDec/Rega/Shure, Technics SL-1210GR + AT VM95ML, Oppo PM-3 & Grado SR80e phones, Atlas and Puritan cables.
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Myles Member 155 posts
Myles
I was looking at Arylic streamers from AliExpress but when the Amazon sale came up my eye was turned to the Wiim Pro. I ended up finding it cheaper with the £10 off offer from Peter Tyson so ordered it. My plan is to move my Bluesound Node 2i into my upstairs system feeding out analogue and putting the Wiim into my main system, feeding into my M2Tech Young DAC - I'm interested to test it's functionality.
 
A job for the weekend if it arrives in time.
Whatever the question is, the answer is sausages.
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