Bluetooth vs Wifi Sound Quality Comparison Wiim Pro

[pauly123]

How does the Wiim Pro's bluetooth sound quality compare to its wifi? Thank you.

 

[Maurizio]

How does the Wiim Pro's bluetooth sound quality compare to its wifi? Thank you.

Bt & WiFi are different. With BT you can get max to 24/96 and only if you have the suitable BT codex.
Via wifi you arrive at 24/192.
The fact that the difference between the two formats can be heard by ear is another story and a source of numerous debates

 

[pauly123]

Okay cool thanks for that, Maurizio

 

[Brantome]

Bt & WiFi are different. With BT you can get max to 24/96 and only if you have the suitable BT codex.
Via wifi you arrive at 24/192.
The fact that the difference between the two formats can be heard by ear is another story and a source of numerous debates

Bluetooth is a lossy codec and has limited bandwidth. The WiiM devices only support the SBC codec which is around 328kbps (which is little better than mp3), while even the highest codec currently available LDAC ( see https://www.whathifi.com/advice/ldac-what-is-it-how-can-you-get-it) maxes out at around 990kbps. The WiiM devices support up to 24/192 lossless which is a bitrate of 9,126kbps, so streets ahead of Bluetooth.