WiiM Pro Plus - Review & Measurements (Streamer)

[Pearljam5000]

Let's hope the WiiM Ultra won't have an ultra high price ...

 

[56suited]

Possibly a dumb question so please be graceful and patient with my rookie understanding...

If I pair a WiiM Pro Plus (using it for ADC from a phono stage, DAC, and streaming) with Adam Audio active monitors...do I have to manually control volume on the backs of the speakers, or can I control volume through the WiiM Pro Plus?

 

[Joffy1780]

Possibly a dumb question so please be graceful and patient with my rookie understanding...

If I pair a WiiM Pro Plus (using it for ADC from a phono stage, DAC, and streaming) with Adam Audio active monitors...do I have to manually control volume on the backs of the speakers, or can I control volume through the WiiM Pro Plus?

You can control volume through the Pro plus.

 

[Pearljam5000]

You can control volume through the Pro plus.

Would it work also with Neumann KH120 II ? Because it has a built in DAC

 

[Joffy1780]

Would it work also with Neumann KH120 II ? Because it has a built in DAC

Yeah, the volume control is digital.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Yeah, the volume control is digital.

How do you avoid double conversion ?

 

[Joffy1780]

How do you avoid double conversion ?

I'm not sure what you mean, sorry.

 

[staticV3]

How do you avoid double conversion ?

WiiM->Coax->Neumann.

Audio is only converted once inside the Neumann.

 

[Pearljam5000]

WiiM->Coax->Neumann.

Audio is only converted once inside the Neumann.

Could you recommended a specific cable ? Thanks

 

[staticV3]

Could you recommended a specific cable ? Thanks

As I don't know which country you're in, no I cannot.

You can search for "digital coaxial cable" on Google/Amazon/eBay.
Any of those will work fine.

 

[Overseas]

Could you recommended a specific cable ? Thanks

QED, Mogami...

 

[Ciobi69]

Sorry i got a question i got an avr with Dirac live and the bluos streamer integrated, having this could improve the overall quality? I shouldnt be capable using the internal dac of the Wiim if i use my avr in theory soo i could t get any improvement i know that my avr measurements are bad as i got a nad 758 but with Dirac it sounds better

 

[antcollinet]

having this could improve the overall quality?

No, the only reason for getting the wiim is if it offers services you need that are not available on the blueos system in your avr.

 

[staticV3]

Sorry i got a question i got an avr with Dirac live and the bluos streamer integrated, having this could improve the overall quality?

I don't think it can.

The built-in streamer should output the exact same data that the WiiM would.

And the WiiM's DAC is pointless as well since you'd use the AVR's own DAC to make use of Dirac.

 

[antcollinet]

i know that my avr measurements are bad as i got a nad 758

I've just read the review. They are not great, but if you don't run at full volume, they are not unbearably bad. Good enough to sound fine in real world listening. Probably still transparent for most people.

 

[Leo_Torres]

Sorry if this question has already been asked (I haven't found it in the thread)
If I use the Wiim pro plus as a preamp, connecting it to a power amplifier via rca, will it have an audible impact in sound quality?
Thanks in advance!

 

[staticV3]

If I use the Wiim pro plus as a preamp, connecting it to a power amplifier via rca, will it have an audible impact in sound quality?

Audible impact compared to what?

 

[Leo_Torres]

Compared to an analogue pre-amplifier with a volume knob.
Apologies, I didn't express myself clearly

 

[staticV3]

Compared to an analogue pre-amplifier with a volume knob.

Highly unlikely.

Though it depends on your amplifier gain, amplifier noise, speaker sensitivity, listening distance, and environmental noise.

If when sitting at your main listening position, you can plug the WiiM into and out of your Amp without hearing a difference in hiss out of your speakers, then a preamp between WiiM and Amp wouldn't make a difference.

 

[Leo_Torres]

Thank you very much, this is actually helpful