Recent content by FreakyKiwi

I'm not sure what would make that an audiophile solution but this is an all-in-one solution for a market leading price. I don't believe that the DAC in the WiiM amp is a particular weakness. You can purchase a WiiM Pro, external DAC, and separate amp for a similar price or up to however deep...

Why is this an issue? I have a 40 foot cable connecting my sub to my HT amp.

By posting the details on the internet? We're way off topic now but I shake my head when I see similar copyright liberties such as this like buying a 4K/BD bundle of a movie and then on-selling the BD disc, or buying a cheaper academic license for an application when not entitled. You are in...

I have the shuffle option as below accessing my LMS library over DLNA from the WiiM app.

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Good to know that the edifier works. It seems that YMMV with other Linkplay devices, not to mention future compatibility with respect to updates

I've confirmed that, with LMS/Squeezelite at least, the the WiiM app shows the type/rate/depth of the source file regardless of any transcoding settings and what is actually sent to the WiiM

There was another post recently asking whether other Linklay products interoperate well with the WiiM app and ecosystem I don't have any personal experience but did find a CAM review of the audio cast M50 which he states didn't work in with the WiiM app even though it was detected. My...

Couldn't you just connect the two subs directly using the Y cable? I don't understand what the Mini DSP would be doing here, other than possibly adding some delay, not that I've ever used one. I'm fairly certain that the two sub outs on my AVR carry an identical signal.

Ok, I had assumed WiiM would be working on full support for DSD through any available output. Analog, digital, or network. I think It is already possible to get the WiiM to pass through DSD to a digital output by sending it as DOP and disabling volume control and eq.

Yes, this is certainly true. The DSD must arrive to the device unaltered, but once received the device will decode and can manipulate the stream with DSP etc. The question, and whether it makes any difference to the output, is whether the WiiM will handle the DSD decoding in software or using...

Surely this isn't the case? While I do need to feed bit perfect DSD to my Marantz AVR or SMSL DAC for native playback, I still have volume control of the analog output.

I don't disagree that this is an acceptable solution, batch or play time conversion, but I'm confused why s3igell is comparing a feature his server has. I don't know if the "syn"ology NAS can transcode, serve, or play DSD files I personally use LMS to handle DSD transcoding, although my DAC...

Your NAS is a server, the WiiM is a player/renderer. What are you currently using as a player?

The WiiM Amp only has analog outputs so the use of the DAC is essential. The mini, pro, plus, and ultra have digital outputs also. I don't believe that a device exists which converts digital to analog in order to use an analog volume control, and then converts back to digital for output. If it...