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If body, warmth and tonality in general were entirely governed by frequency response, you'd be provably correct. Yet, as much as I hate to admit it, I've owned thin-sounding DACs and full-sounding ones each having a ruler-flat frequency response. I really would prefer this not be the case, but...

I was not able to verify that the Chord Mojo 2 accepts DoP64 over its coaxial input, which is a pre-requisite. Chord's user manual and web site are silent on this point. Certainly, DSD is supported over USB, but that won't help with a WiiM streamer which lacks a USB output.

For any who may be interested in DSD playback through the WiiM, I found this to be possible as follows: You will need a DAC connected via coax or Toslink that supports DoP64 decoding (some only support this via USB) Volume needs to be fixed at 100%, all internal EQ must be disabled and...

Yes, I am currently doing that, but I am aided by the fact that my power amp has a gain trim function available. I have therefore adjusted my power amplifier gain such that 100% volume on the WiiM PP creates a volume just above comfortable listening level but well below damaging levels for...

I would argue that 2V rms (2.83V peak) is insufficient in terms of overload margin. As a general rule, 20dB of overload margin is considered acceptable. My 2M blue cartridge outputs 5.5mV at 1 kHz, 5cm/sec, and a typical MM phono gain is 40dB. With 20dB overload margin, we need to tolerate 60dB...

Definitely thought about two equal resistors per channel as a 6dB pad, but I don't consider the current situation as a permanent one that would warrant breaking out my soldering iron!

I recently sold off my Bel Canto Pre5 and my Topping E70 Velvet DAC in the hopes of (eventually) acquiring something better. Being without music was not an option, so I pressed a WiiM Pro Plus into service driving my NAD C298 power amp directly. I must admit I underestimated the sound quality...

I am happy that the latest firmware provides trigger_out=12V when powering on from the remote. That solves one part of the puzzle. It would be even better if the trigger timeout could respect the "Enter standby menu in" setup configuration value instead of being fixed at 5 minutes. From the...

The Topping E70 Velvet may be another good option! I'm using that one in my main stereo speaker setup and find it to be revealing, dynamic and just a touch on the warm side (tonally rich, but in a very natural way). The AKM AK449EX "Velvet Sound" DAC chip is used, which while not a guarantee by...

It may or not be related, but when I attempt to select a single HomePod as the output device, WiiM Home decides I must need another AirPlay device (for stereo?) and randomly adds another WiiM Pro in a different room acting as AirPlay receiver. I already provided WiiM feedback detailing my...

I strongly support this request. Conventional trigger behavior that is slaved to the on/standby state machine would have been widely accepted and probably not even a topic of discussion had it bee implemented this way from day 1. But it is not too late, and if WiiM wanted to play it safe, a...

Roon does require more CPU power than LMS or a typical DLNA/UPnP system. Current recommendation is an 11th generation Core i3 with 4GB for medium size libraries, or an 11th gen core i7 + 8GB for large libraries (12k+ Albums) or heavy DSP. Having said that, I've been running Roon server for a...

I rely on 12V trigger to switch on my stereo power amp when needed. Until now, I've been using the 12V trigger output from my Topping DAC to control the power amplifier. If I wanted to use a DAC that doesn't have a trigger out, I'd like my WiiM Pro to send the trigger control directly to the...

As I'm sure you're aware, off-line transcoding avoids the need for the WiiM to process DSD at all — you're converting DSD to PCM which makes your DSD material identical to any other PCM source as far as the WiiM streamer is concerned. It would be really nice if some kind of official handling of...

The answer appears to be "no" for your use case. It seems WiiM can (unwittingly) pass DoP to an external DAC that supports DSD over PCM, and also can convert DSD to a compromised PCM when emulating a Logitech Squeezebox. Neither of these meets your requirement. Things may or may not be changing...