Energy Consumption

[DRC]

No, but a light source for a room using the same wattage as a device doing nothing is a suitable comparator to how high that standby wattage is.

If Wiim devices were doing nothing then that would be true, but they remain connected to the internet and listening for a signal on the various inputs (HDMI, optical, etc) so that it is ready when you want to play music.

 

[hgo58]

Less than 2 Watts, really, ich cant believe it, i measured ca. 5Watts, o.k the Meter is not calibraten and a consumer one. It is from Lidl. Measured an LED bulb the Meter indicates 4,6 Watt.

I measure the same on Ultra, 5W, independent of standby or not.

 

[slartibartfast]

No, but a light source for a room using the same wattage as a device doing nothing is a suitable comparator to how high that standby wattage is.

I agree with you. A Raspberry Pi server without a standby mode uses less than that.

 

[Wiimer]

Has anyone measured how many watts of instantaneous power consumption it takes to start up the WiiM when using a smart tap to completely shut down the WiiM?

 

[Smartplug]

Has anyone measured how many watts of instantaneous power consumption it takes to start up the WiiM when using a smart tap to completely shut down the WiiM?

Get kill watt meter and you let us know.

 

[SoFluffy]

Used a Kill-a-Watt to measure my Ultra, wifi connected, RCA out, nothing connected to USB, US 110AC 60hz:

Startup (from unplugged): 6.1W peak
Idle: 5.4-5.6W
Standby: 5.4-5.6W
Streaming from Plex: 5.9W peak
Streaming from Amazon, awakened from Standby: 6.1W peak

I guess what surprises me is that the idle and standby power consumption is the same. (Standby does turn off my amps via 12v trigger so is still beneficial overall.)

The streaming - at least for Plex, it downloads the entirety of the song when started, spiking the consumption slightly, then maintained between 5.4-5.6W while playing the rest of the song. Similar with Amazon, there was a spike up to 6.1W, then back to 5.4-5.6W while playing.

 

[Wiimer]

Used a Kill-a-Watt to measure my Ultra, wifi connected, RCA out, nothing connected to USB, US 110AC 60hz:

Startup (from unplugged): 6.1W peak
Idle: 5.4-5.6W
Standby: 5.4-5.6W
Streaming from Plex: 5.9W peak
Streaming from Amazon, awakened from Standby: 6.1W peak

Thanks for the great test.

I guess what surprises me is that the idle and standby power consumption is the same. (Standby does turn off my amps via 12v trigger so is still beneficial overall.)

I remember it was previously clarified in @onlyoneme's Pro test.

Also, I believe the support team mentioned it here.

WiiM Amp

Unfortunately not - some personal circumstances mean I now need to be away from home for a period. Talk about bad timing :( However, the WiiM Home website states "Plug your USB disk into the WiiM Amp and transform your home into a personal concert hall. Stream your digital music collection in...

forum.wiimhome.com

@Smartplug ,
Thanks for the advice, I'm worried about the price of the kill watt meter being equivalent to years of Ultra's power consumption.