Beta Test: Stereo Pair

[Wiimer]

Isn’t it enough to form a group with both speakers, assigning L to one and R to the other?

Even in standard groups that aren’t stereo pairs, there may be times when I want to keep the volume levels synchronized at all times.

The current issues with WiiM groups are that they can't maintain a stereo pair and can't maintain volume synchronization.

For example, please try creating a group with any two WiiM devices and setting the group volume to 30%. Then, set an alarm on the leader device with a volume of 40%.

When the alarm goes off, the volume on the leader device will go up to 40%, but the volume on the follower device will remain at 30%.

If per-source volume control is enabled, the same issue occurs when switching inputs.

I had hoped that this feature would resolve all of these issues.

 

[adias]

The L and R aren't part of the group setup, unfortunately.
tbh, I don't know why they went for this additional Stereo Pair config rather than allowing the group setup to have a 'sticky' L, R, LR option per device in the group, defaulting back to the device's Audio Settings, Audio Channel option when not used in a group.
As @Wiimer says, why limit this to a stereo pair?

The only other difference to groups I've noticed so far is that you can't adjust volume independently per device.
But you'd think that could be an option in group config.

There could well be things I don't know / have not considered that affect implementation, but we've already made all these suggestions to improve persistent groups so I can't fathom why, once again, we seem to have a completely independent approach to providing functionality rather than consolidating / improving what's already there.

I can set a Lite A10 pair L and R. Not enough to form a stereo pair?

 

[adias]

As Wiimer said not perfect, but with 2 identical speakers vanilla stereo might be possible.

I will try the new stereo beta once I receive the Sound replacement in a week or so.

 

[Wiimer]

I can set a Lite A10 pair L and R. Not enough to form a stereo pair?

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If you ungroup them and then regroup them, the stereo pair will be dissolved. (The two speakers will revert to "LR".)

You will need to recreate the stereo pair.

 

[Mr Ee]

I can set a Lite A10 pair L and R. Not enough to form a stereo pair?

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Nope, the L and R don't always stick.

I do remember trying to set each device's Audio Channel to L or R too, but can't recall if this worked.
My main issue was that sometimes I wanted a stereo pair, sometimes I wanted to use each Sound independently, and thus be LR..

 

[harkpabst]

Back to the Stereo Pair feature.

My boring name for the pair: WiiM S+SL Stereo.


And this is what Spotify makes of it:


I can only tell by the icon that "WiiM Sound" referrs to a "group", which in reality is handled as one stereo device.

Switching between the different devices or - more precisely - selecting one of the individual WiiM Sounds breaks the stereo pair. I have to re-enable it in the WiiM Home App.

At this point I don't want to join the discussion if the final UI should rather be merged with the existing persistent group feature, but I don't like the way the group volume is handled right now.


Touching the slider brings up the group volume dialog, but at its core this feature is all about keeping the volume settings in sync. Consequently, there's no use for the group volume screen, it just takes one more tap to open it and another one to close it again.

 

[harkpabst]

PS:
The WiiM Sound's Voice Remote 2 Lite works just fine on the "stereo pair".