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Your are all audiophiles in denial.

i have set the lower limit to capture the market of total audiophiles. Of course it starts from entry level to ultra high end. So?

Yes sure . However that means they have to rethink which models to keep selling which to stop and which to replace with new. With regards to the new models if they are good enough compared to the competitors they are going to steal market share and in total they can sell much more than the...

I consider audiophile anyone who spends in total for an audio system >1k$

FYI Wiim ultra is bought by audiophiles and not by mass market consumers which buy Bluetooth all in one speakers . Same with Cambridge audio mxn 10 and Bluesound node nano and same with the new ifi zen stream 3 which are all around the price of Wiim ultra … ASR type of audience among budget...

I believe it is better to release more than one product with a feature set targeting different audiences for each one and not try to cram everything into one device. That way the budget is focussed on quality rather than spreading into many unused features to please everybody.

Most people would prefer something that will sound really good without eq, just straight out of the box

Nobody is asking designers to be mind readers. They are expected, however, to be talented enough to design a better sounding product within a specific budget. Designing solely to satisfy a few measurement graphs is insufficient as they need to be mindful of all factors that affect what we...

Not my job to explain how and why . Whatever people into the hobby myself included perceive as better in comparison

First priority is the sound quality and everything else follows . Unless the audience is casual listeners which I don’t think it is the case for ultra

sure …sweet dreams

Mxn 10 from Cambridge and nano from Bluesound . Seem surprised to hear that for the first time ? That is my personal opinion after trying these devices on my system and the majority view of people that have compared the sound between those . I am talking as a complete package that is as...

I don’t know how they will achieve it. I just know there is better sound out there at the level of Wiim price . Audiophile focus = sound quality focus which is different than feature focus . So whatever it takes . Now answer my questions …

Define snake oil in the design of the steamer/dac. What design choices in hardware are sensible and what are not . Why ? What are specifically the metrics needed to be achieved for a steamer to be considered state of the art . What is your informed advice to the audio engineers of Wiim ? Can...

I hope it will be audiophile focussed