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    Any advantage to adding a passive preamp for Pro+?

    Thanks everyone for your tips. In the end, I decided to get a passive preamp, the Schiit SYS. It's working great.
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    Any advantage to adding a passive preamp for Pro+?

    Sure, but I’m trying to use gear I already own and not spend too much 😉
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    Any advantage to adding a passive preamp for Pro+?

    It would certainly be easier to control the volume with the WiiM remote that comes with the Pro Plus, but I'm fine with using the volume knob on a device. As you mentioned, the Schiit SYS doesn't have a remote. I'm willing to give up the remote volume control if the sonics would be better using...
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    Any advantage to adding a passive preamp for Pro+?

    I have a simple stereo system with a WiiM Pro Plus feeding directly into a Adcom power amp then to vintage ProAc speakers. Only source is the WiiM for streaming Spotify and Amazon Music HD. Since I use the Pro+ as the volume control I have "fixed volume output" disabled. Would there be any...
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    WiiM Remote

    https://faq-mini.wiimhome.com/support/solutions/articles/72000590646-what-does-the-microphone-on-the-back-do-
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    WiiM PRO - Review

    That review is also discussed in this forum thread fyi: https://wiim.community.forum/threads/wiim-pro-objective-measurements.498/
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    Because toslink is not good enough...

    FYI, for people shopping for an affordable coaxial cable, the Blue Jeans Cable coaxial (Belden 1694A RCA/RCA) does fit, just barely. But it fits. Agree that this is a poor hardware design to recess the coaxial plug.
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    Excellent WiiM app continues to crash on Silicon Mac

    Same here. M1 MacBook Pro. This is the WiiM app on the official App Store. There is a different “beta” app with a link on the website. They does run but it doesn’t have much functionality. I can’t figure out what it actually does. But it doesn’t crash 😉
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    WiiM Pro objective measurements

    Seems like a good review on the digital side but the internal analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is pretty poor and the DAC could be better. Anyone know of a good consumer grade ADC that isn't super expensive? I have a cheap $17 USD ADC from Hdiwousp but I'm sure there are better options. My...
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    Picture of underside

    The bottom looks just like the top. It is flat but has a very thin rubber-like non-skid material as you can see from this and the other photo. I don't know what you're looking for but you could add stick-on bumpers if you needed to.
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    Optical cables dont fit

    It's a $17 cable that I need anyway for a different application. Took me about 10 minutes. I hope I can somehow get those 10 minutes of my life back. Sometimes people might want to use a different cable. Or you need a cable longer than the included 1m so you want to know what other cables work...
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    Optical cables dont fit

    Similar problem with me with the WiiM Pro, I've added two posts on this. The supplied WiiM optical cable works up to 24/192 (Amazon Music UHD) when I run it from the WiiM optical out into the optical in of my DAC. So I know that my app and streaming settings are right. But I have tried 3 other...
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    Blue Jeans Cable SPDIF optical cable works at 24/96 but not 24/192 kHz. Anyone know why? WiiM cable works at 24/192 kHz

    Thanks, appreciate the tip. It's a brand new cable, but I tried to clean the jacks. Still didn't work at 24/192 although it does work at 24/96. Just for kicks, I plugged it in the opposite way (meaning that I put the plug that was in the WiiM into the DAC, and the plug that was in the DAC I put...
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    Blue Jeans Cable SPDIF optical cable works at 24/96 but not 24/192 kHz. Anyone know why? WiiM cable works at 24/192 kHz

    See title. I have a brand new 1m optical cable from Blue Jeans Cable. It works on 24 bit / 96 kHz but not 24/192 when I play music on Amazon Music HD or the test audio in the WiiM Home app. The only way I can get 24/192 is with the included WiiM optical cable. UPDATE: actually, I bought 2 of...
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