🎉 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!

 

[pieterv1]

Yes I've seen it is discounted with a few European resellers as well, but I didn't make much of it.

 

[mlsstl]

Just a note that when prior models were first released, one didn't see "sale" prices on them during Black Friday or other sales events for the new model even though other WiiM products were being discounted at the time. The Vibelink has now been out for about a year so it doesn't surprise me that you're now seeing a sale price here and there. And, by itself, that doesn't mean a new model is immediately pending -- the Ultra, Pro, Pro Plus and other models have all been offered on sale every now and then and no replacement models have shown up for any of them yet.

 

[Roedelheim]

In my opinion latest with the Amp Ultra - offering PFFB - the market for new Vibelinks became even smaller. So, why should WiiM or the re-sellers not try to clean the warehouses? Personally I do not believe that this device will get a direct follow-up. The long time owners of the streamers-only have found their solutions most likely already, many with other brands like Fosi. Reading the forum let me think so. The Vibelink is kind of an in-between, neither a real integrated nor a pure power amp. No fish, no beef. But other mileages may vary.

 

[harkpabst]

The WiiM Vibelink Amp is a pure power amp (as far as WiiM marketing goes) with a great DAC as an add-on. And as such it's a much underrated gem.

My $0.02.

 

[Roedelheim]

The WiiM Vibelink Amp is a pure power amp (as far as WiiM marketing goes) with a great DAC as an add-on. And as such it's a much underrated gem.

My $0.02.

Underrated? When I talk to real people who loves their WiiMs - and I do this a lot - but are not such fans like some here, I would even say it is the least successful device among the WiiM products. I never said it is a bad product, I only predict this very special concept will not find a follow-up. My €0,01.

 

[harkpabst]

When I talk to real people who loves their WiiMs - and I do this a lot - but are not such fans like some here, I would even say it is the least successful device among the WiiM products.

I don't see a contradiction here. A technically excellent product can be misunderstood, thus underrated, thus less commercially successful than it could be.

That's not a matter of being a fan or a "real person", whatever that might mean.

 

[Roedelheim]

Hopefully I didn't wake you up or disturb your work

 

[harkpabst]

Hopefully I didn't wake you up or disturb your work

Context, please? Are you trying to be helpful or silly?

 

[Roedelheim]

Anyway. The context was only my written opinion that there will NOT be a follow up for this technical nice, but away from the market device.

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

The issue for WiiM is that others have already cracked how to build excellent amps cheaply. They’re late to the market.

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

As an example. Topping Mini 300 vs WiiM Vibelink

SINAD:
Topping 104.5dB
WiiM 100dB

SNR (at 5W):
Topping 106.5dB
WiiM 102dB

SNR at full power:
Topping 120.5dB
WiiM 118dB

Multitone Distortion:
Topping: 20-18 bits
WiiM 16-17 bits

Power (at 4 ohm):
Topping 104W
WiiM 134W

Power at 1% THD (into 4 ohms):
Topping 120W
WiiM 178W

So the Topping is 'better' in every department, albeit not by a lot, and almost certainly inaudibly), except power, though you'd need a pretty power-hungry speaker and/or a large room to fill if 120W wasn't enough power and you needed the 178W.

But the real kicker is the price. The Vibelink is £320. The Mini 300 is only £139.

On the back of that, I think WiiM's strength is its ability to create streamers with great functionality. There are three areas in which their products exist (leaving aside the smart speakers), streaming, DAC, and amp.

DACs are a fixed problem, and it would appear thst any fairly competent manufacturer can manage to make a transparent DAC for £100, give or take. Amps are more difficult to do right, but most manufacturers are getting their, but some are ahead of the game and doing it more cheaply. At the moment that doesn't include WiiM.

That leaves the streaming side of things, including the room correction, functionality for subs, etc. WiiM are in a class of their own, at their price point. Or any price point.

That's why the most awaited new WiiM products appear to be a Mini replacement (pure streamer, no DAC, or 'good enough' DAC), and an Ultra Plus.

 

[mlsstl]

If one looks at sales numbers on Amazon, the product they need to drop immediately is the new Smart Speaker with display. Sales are half that of Vibelink.

It doesn't surprise me that their streamers out-sale the amps. Lots of people have an existing stereo and their only need is an added streamer. If one is.only considering sales numbers, their Mini sales are double or more any of their other products.

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

If one looks at sales numbers on Amazon, the product they need to drop immediately is the new Smart Speaker with display. Sales are half that of Vibelink.

It doesn't surprise me that their streamers out-sale the amps. Lots of people have an existing stereo and their only need is an added streamer. If one is.only considering sales numbers, their Mini sales are double or more any of their other products.

I'm betting they could do a new Mini Plus with a transparent DAC and just a bit more processing grunt for £100.

 

[harkpabst]

Reminder: So far there hasn't been a successor to any WiiM audio product, nor has any product been discontinued. It's only been "fans" discussing their opinions an what may follow.

@Steve Woodhouse, I agree that the Mini 300 is quite an attractive offering for many use cases. It's also quite a new product, newer than the Vibelink Amp. The Mini 300 the de facto (though not official) successor to the PA5 ii, which has had its issues and was quite a bit more expensive. Comparing it to the WiiM Vibelink Amp based on their ASR reviews is not easy, though. Almost all measurements have been taken using the balanced input of the Mini 300 (which the Vibelink Amp doesn't have) and the toslink input of the WiiM Vibelink Amp (which the Mini 300 does not have). Amir mentioned that the ground loop issue spoiling the RCA measurements of the Vibelink Amp might be unique to his measuring setup (and based on my own experience I tend to think so). Anyway, the net result is that most of the measurements mentioned cannot be compared like for like.

I agree that the differences are most probably not audible, so - as usual - the deciding factors are mostly features, the visual appearance, build quality and - yes! - power output. Power might not be an issue for desktop Hi-Fi users, but in a typical living room it's not just important for owners of very low sensitivity speakers.

Everybody is free to choose their power amps and DACs. The Mini 300 certainly offers big bang for the buck, if you don't need excessive power (in particular in the bass) and can make use of its balanced inputs. But if you want more power, a match with the WiiM design language and no external power brick, and/or if you want to make use of the better DAC, the WiiM Vibelink Amp is a great and (I repeat) underrated offering.

 

[Mr Ee]

So far there hasn't been a successor to any WiiM audio product

Pro -> Pro Plus.
Amp -> Amp Pro -> Amp Ultra.

 

[harkpabst]

Pro -> Pro Plus.
Amp -> Amp Pro -> Amp Ultra.

Siblings, not successors.

 

[mlsstl]

Pro -> Pro Plus.
Amp -> Amp Pro -> Amp Ultra.

"Successor" means it replaces the one that came before it. As harkpabst noted, the first models are still being produced and sold.

 

[Burnside]

"Successor" means it replaces the one that came before it. As harkpabst noted, the first models are still being produced and sold.

I'm sure @Mr Ee is well aware of that given his use of the smiley

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

Reminder: So far there hasn't been a successor to any WiiM audio product, nor has any product been discontinued. It's only been "fans" discussing their opinions an what may follow.

@Steve Woodhouse, I agree that the Mini 300 is quite an attractive offering for many use cases. It's also quite a new product, newer than the Vibelink Amp. The Mini 300 the de facto (though not official) successor to the PA5 ii, which has had its issues and was quite a bit more expensive. Comparing it to the WiiM Vibelink Amp based on their ASR reviews is not easy, though. Almost all measurements have been taken using the balanced input of the Mini 300 (which the Vibelink Amp doesn't have) and the toslink input of the WiiM Vibelink Amp (which the Mini 300 does not have). Amir mentioned that the ground loop issue spoiling the RCA measurements of the Vibelink Amp might be unique to his measuring setup (and based on my own experience I tend to think so). Anyway, the net result is that most of the measurements mentioned cannot be compared like for like.

I agree that the differences are most probably not audible, so - as usual - the deciding factors are mostly features, the visual appearance, build quality and - yes! - power output. Power might not be an issue for desktop Hi-Fi users, but in a typical living room it's not just important for owners of very low sensitivity speakers.

Everybody is free to choose their power amps and DACs. The Mini 300 certainly offers big bang for the buck, if you don't need excessive power (in particular in the bass) and can make use of its balanced inputs. But if you want more power, a match with the WiiM design language and no external power brick, and/or if you want to make use of the better DAC, the WiiM Vibelink Amp is a great and (I repeat) underrated offering.

I strongly suspect Mini 300 can be counted as having reliability built on the PA5ii, in the same way the PA5ii was built on improving on the reliability issues of the vanilla PA5. Many of Amir's measurements were indeed using the balanced outs, and we can have a spectacularly good guess using the few measurements he did on the Mini 300's SE outs, and the differences between SE and balanced on the PA5 and PA5ii.

But yes, it's great to have the choice.