🎉 Introducing the Vibelink Amp – Unleash the Power of Pure Sound 🎉

Hello WiiM community! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our latest innovation: the Vibelink Amp! Designed with your needs in mind, this 100W per channel amplifier brings high-fidelity sound and unmatched versatility to your audio setup. Perfect for passive speakers, the Vibelink Amp ensures a premium listening experience when paired with one of our streamers, with a footprint designed to match the WiiM Ultra. By leveraging its premium DAC, Vibelink Amp is also a perfect match for WiiM Mini and WiiM Pro or WiiM Pro Plus via digital input for superior sound quality.

Why Choose the Vibelink Amp?​

• 100W per channel at 8 ohms, 200W at 4 ohms: Experience powerful, distortion-free amplification for room-filling sound.
• Premium unibody aluminum design: Sleek, durable, and thermally optimized for efficient heat dissipation during prolonged use.
• High-fidelity audio with premium components: Premium DAC, amplifier, and op-amps
• Post filter feedback technology (PFFB): Overcomes speaker's load-dependency
• Bit-perfect playback (192kHz/24-bit): Achieve true audiophile performance with every note.
• Anti-Pop Noise Design: Enjoy smooth transitions across variable sample rates and bit depths without interruptions.
• Auto Standby & 12V Trigger In: Smart energy-saving features that fit modern setups.
• Pure analog input (no ADC conversion): Savor uncompromised sound quality for your favorite analog devices.
• Seamless integration with WiiM streamers: Effortlessly pairs with devices like the Ultra, Pro Plus, Pro, and Mini for high-resolution audio.

Key Features You’ll Love:​

• Hi-Res Audio Excellence: Packed with a high-quality built-in DAC ESS ES9039Q2M, one TI PCM9211 digital and analog front end, six TI OPA1612 Op-amps, and a TI TPA3255 Amp Chip, the Vibelink Amp supports up to 24-bit/192kHz high-res music allows you to optimize beloved, decades-old, high-quality audio systems or connect current speakers with your favorite platforms effortlessly.
• Versatile Connectivity: Easily connect your favorite devices with analog (RCA) or digital (optical, coaxial) inputs.
• Compact & Efficient: With a sleek, stackable design and cutting-edge thermal management, the Vibelink Amp fits right into your setup and stays cool even during marathon listening sessions.
• Easy, Secure Connections: Standard stereo banana plug output ensures a solid connection to speakers, delivering high-quality sound without signal loss or dropouts.

Why We’re Excited:

Compact Yet Powerful – A well-built, high-performance amplifier that delivers exceptional power in a sleek, space-saving design.
True Hi-Res Audio Support – Supports up to 192kHz/24-bit, ensuring full compatibility with high-resolution music services and user libraries, unlike many amplifiers that lack this capability.
Seamless Playback with No Artifacts – Effortlessly handles variable sample rates and bit depths between tracks, eliminating unwanted pops and clicks that occur in many amplifiers when audio resolution changes.

At WiiM, we’re all about listening to our community. Many of you asked for a powerful amplifier that delivers exceptional sound quality and integrates effortlessly into existing setups and we’ve been listening! The Vibelink Amp is a dedicated solution for passive speakers, designed to pair seamlessly with all WiiM streamers or as a standalone amp for your favorite gear. Whatever your setup, this amp brings the exceptional sound quality you’ve come to expect from WiiM.

The Perfect Match for WiiM Streamers​

✔ Seamless Integration – Designed for flawless compatibility with WiiM Mini, Pro, Pro Plus, and Ultra—just plug and play.
✔ Flexible Connectivity – Choose digital (Optical/Coaxial) or analog (RCA) inputs for maximum audio fidelity.
✔ Ultra-Low Latency – Perfectly synced playback for high-resolution streaming and immersive home theater sound.
✔ Studio-Grade Sound – Experience deep bass, crisp highs, and stunning clarity with bit-perfect precision.

Pair your WiiM Mini, Pro, Pro Plus, or Ultra with the WiiM Vibelink Amp and experience pure, powerful, and immersive sound like never before. Elevate your high-fidelity streaming with crystal-clear detail, deep bass, and room-filling audio.

Your music, perfected. Upgrade your setup today!

Pricing and Availability​

The Vibelink Amp will be available starting March 18th on Amazon US for $299, with international availability on its way. Don’t miss your chance to elevate your audio experience! Find out more on our website.

Let us know what excites you most about the Vibelink Amp, and share your setups! We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

 

[EddNog]

Right, for me (and I want to stress that bit) I'd have been tempted by a unit the same size as the Ultra, trigger in, black glass front, pure (old school) power amp, if it had measured as well as the other power amps out there with which it's in competition.
...

The only thing here that's missing with IOM Ultra is your black glass front.

And maybe a price issue. That probably more than anything for most people.

-Ed

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

The only thing here that's missing with IOM Ultra is your black glass front.

And maybe a price issue. That probably more than anything for most people.

-Ed

I think for me the biggest issue is that I already have an amp. Mine doesn't 'match' the Ultra as such, but how it looks really works for me.

It's better-specced in every way than the Vibe, apart from power, but my amp has more than enough power, so that's actually a non-issue. It's also cheaper.

But if I were buying an Ultra & amp today, and I had a larger room and needed more power, I might be tempted.

Just one more daft thing, which effects me, but I'm sure very few others. My Ultra is on my desktop, underneath a riser on which I place my PC monitor. The Ultra is 7.2cm tall, the Vibe is 6.3cm tall, the gap from my desktop to the underside of the riser is 13cm, so that's a non-starter anyway.

 

[Burnside]

Just one more daft thing, which effects me, but I'm sure very few others. My Ultra is on my desktop, underneath a riser on which I place my PC monitor. The Ultra is 7.2cm tall, the Vibe is 6.3cm tall, the gap from my desktop to the underside of the riser is 13cm, so that's a non-starter anyway.

Yeah, I don't have enough headroom above my Ultra either which is a pity - unless I decide to put the Ultra on top of the shelf it's on, rather than under. However, I don't like kit out on display like that as there's not the same hiding space for the cables..

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

Yeah, I don't have enough headroom above my Ultra either which is a pity - unless I decide to put the Ultra on top of the shelf it's on, rather than under. However, I don't like kit out on display like that as there's not the same hiding space for the cables..

There is another thing with the looks of the Vibe.

You know if you buy a dark blue sofa. You can't just go along 2 months later and but a dark blue armchair to match, because they won't. If you want them matching you need to buy them at the same time, same range. If you don't do that, you're better off buying a completely different, non-matching armchair, because it'll look less odd than one that's almost the same shade of dark blue, but not quite.

The Vibe looks like this for me. It's clearly supposed to match the Ultra, but it's just a bit off. And that's more jarring than one that's quite different.

 

[harkpabst]

Personally, I don't know what's.the benefit of calling something an integrated amp missing features when you can also call it a power amp with extra features , but this ...

Correct: Set them Side-By-Side and the Ultra is TALLER. Set them Vertically-Stacked and the Knobs don't Align.

... Is the part I don't get. Why didn't they make it a better fit for the Ultra? It cannot perfectly match the Ultra and the Pro/Pro Plus at the same time anyway, so some decisions must be made.

It almost looks like the position of the volume knob might match that of the Amp/Amp Pro when stacked, but that doesn't make any sense, because not only the footprint is different. There's also no sensible way to connect them.

Fosi would probably make 5 slightly different amp models from the ingredients of one Vibelink Amp ...

 

[rccarguy]

A two channel poweramp is something like this. They basically have a power switch

XPA-2 Gen3 2 Channel Audiophile Power Amplifier

The XPA-2 is a two-channel audiophile quality power amplifier, and is perfect for powering superb quality stereos and sound systems. Shop online today!

emotiva.com

Nothing else.

 

[Burnside]

Fosi would probably make 5 slightly different amp models from the ingredients of one Vibelink Amp ...

…and throw in some butt ugly external power supply to boot

 

[EddNog]

…and throw in some butt ugly external power supply to boot

A major reason why I ended up happily implementing a pair of SMSL PA200s in bridged mono. No external PSUs to deal with!

-Ed

 

[harkpabst]

A two channel poweramp is something like this. They basically have a power switch

XPA-2 Gen3 2 Channel Audiophile Power Amplifier

The XPA-2 is a two-channel audiophile quality power amplifier, and is perfect for powering superb quality stereos and sound systems. Shop online today!

emotiva.com

Nothing else.

Definitions are made by human beings. And they are prone to change as times are changing.

 

[Mr Ee]

Correct: Set them Side-By-Side and the Ultra is TALLER. Set them Vertically-Stacked and the Knobs don't Align.

Yep, the volume knobs don't align vertically by a good few millimeters. Very strange, but maybe there were other (internal?) constraints for where the knob had to be. It's enough to be noticable / distracting.
The vibelink knob does stick out about 1.5mm further than the ultra, but it's totally unnoticable front on and even looking from above you need to look twice to confirm.
As for the taller part, well, yes, I can see the appeal for having exactly the same profile, but it's not an asthetic problem for me.

But, like others, the stack won't fit under my monitor stands, and two stands is just too high for the monitor. Woe is me...

 

[Erebus]

Woe is me...

I'm sure you'll find a solution.

I was all set to get the Vibelink to upgrade from my Fosi, until I saw the price in Australia. $599 is way too steep for me. So now I'm thinking about the Fosi ZA3 (only $170 currently) as my next purchase, but I think it's too powerful for my speakers. Woe is me as well I guess!

 

[Mr Ee]

too powerful for my speakers

No such thing

Maybe I should get a Fosi, just to try it...

 

[Erebus]

No such thing

Seriously? I thought the speakers needed to be able to handle the amp's wattage output.

The Fosi amps are great in my experience. The one I have currently is amazing for its size and $80 price. So I can certainly say that they're worth looking at.

 

[Valentino]

It’s too small amps that blow speakers. Big amps don’t.
A 100 W amp will play 3 dB louder than a 50 W amp and twice as loud as a 10 W amp.

 

[Erebus]

It’s too small amps that blow speakers.

Really. I am stunned by this. I was always told that 100 watts from an amp into a 50 watt max speaker would blow it. I'm in my 7th decade of life, so when did that change? I can't believe I have had that wrong for so long.

 

[Valentino]

Ah, yes. How many Watts are your speakers? Those were the days.
It is of course possible to blow a speaker with a signal that’s to high for it to handle, but the worst signal for a speaker to handle is a clipped one, typically frying tweeters.
It’s of course also possible to bottom out woofers, but that’s mainly a result of bad/overenthusiastic EQ/loudness/tone control use.

 

[Erebus]

Those were the days.

So are you saying that an amp producing 150 watts per channel will not damage a speaker rated at max 75 watts? If so, is that because speakers are made differently now? I am honestly amazed by this.

 

[Musician]

what is surprising is that starting from a solution which should ultimately satisfy everyone a little... (more complete in the end)
we end up with such discussions or what would seem to be disappointments sometimes...
the two small things which could be regrettable...
if we consider an "integrated with DAC"... :
a motorized potentiometer remote control of modern standards...

and if we consider the approach just power amplifier with DAC... :
a possibility of bypassing this volume part( or even a choice of fixed gains)
(and a design more coordonnate with ultra)

;-)

(it remains to be seen closely the difficulties encountered on the ana entrance... and its quality...)

Im sure its for marketing reason there is a dac and volume control . I would have liked this power amp to have no dac, no volume control and two fixed gain switches at the back, at 26 dB and 18 dB . A simple voltage divider using soldered resistors is better sounding than any volume pot. That said, maybe the volume pot in vibelink is only a rotary controller, connected to an analog chip volume control ? That would be a better choice than a buffered volume pot control.

 

[slartibartfast]

So are you saying that an amp producing 150 watts per channel will not damage a speaker rated at max 75 watts? If so, is that because speakers are made differently now? I am honestly amazed by this.

Of course a 75W speaker will not be able to take the full output power of a 150W amplifier but the point is that you won't be using it at full power. Music at sensible volume takes a lot less power than people think. What you gain with a larger amp is headroom.

 

[Erebus]

the point is that you won't be using it at full power

I see. Thank you for the advice. So how do you guard against the speaker being overloaded? My thought is that is down to listening volume, obviously, but how do you know how much is too much?