Recent content by Mike in NY

Inaccurate, a very broad stroke there, but also ignoring the simple fact that a transcode on-the-fly feature is not heavy lifting. If it were then free software running on the humble Raspberry Pi wouldn't offer it either. But they do, and have for many years now. WiiM has this on their road map...

Thats not an assumption that should be made, even inexpensive DACs have full DSD support these days and it's actually been that way for years now. In fact the DACs used in the WiiM Pro Plus (AKM), and the forthcoming Ultra (ESS) both fully support DSD, it's the WiiM firmware that doesn't not...

I appreciate yours too, and no I didn't think it was a personal attack. These feature request threads are meant to send a signal to WiiM, and there is a vote counter at the very upper right-hand side of the OP, though admittedly it's kind of too hard to see. What I hoped for in bumping this...

Yes, read the OP of this thread.

No conversion of any files is necessary or desirable. At the time of the OP here, I had the WiiM Pro connected to an external DAC, subsequently updated to the Pro Plus, which uses it's own onboard DAC. I have two local server options, DLNA/UPnP, and LMS. Of those two, LMS can easily transcode...

No, it isn't. Rob Watts is not from Chord Cables.

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I asked a simple question there, and you didn't answer it. Oh darn.

Then why do Roon, JRiver, Audirvana, Foobar, LMS, Volumio, Moode, piCorePlayer, RoPieee, and various others bother with it if it's such a waste of resources and support time?

Not really, that would of course depend on what one's music tastes are, and that does vary. There is a download site called NativeDSD.com that offers literally thousands of titles, as well as various specialist reissue labels such as Mobile Fidelity, Analogue Productions, Impex Records, and...

Absolutely, streaming is not exclusive to the use of cloud-based subscription services. Streaming from one's own local server is... streaming. WiiM have said they are working on a firmware update that will allow DSD to PCM transcoding on-the-fly, which will very likely disappoint the DSD...

I noted the Audioxpress show report indicated that the Ultra would be available "later in May", with the Amp Pro seeing a Q3 release. Do they know something everyone else doesn't? https://audioxpress.com/news/wiim-unveils-wiim-ultra-and-wiim-amp-pro-streamers-at-high-end-2024

For you perhaps, others of course might have a different preference. Sorry.

Since everyone's needs regarding a screen are not the same (needed/not needed, large/small, etc), I'm not sure what you are arguing about. Your particular use/need case may differ from that of others, or for that matter what WiiM perceives to be the most popular among a broad range of buyers.

This is a critical point that gets lost with too many specs and features focused individuals. The non-fussy app and its constant software development is worth the price of admission compared to so many others. Agreed, I don't see the value there at all. They will be forced to up their game...