Features wanted in a Wiim Ultra 2

[Persona Grata]

I like my Wiim Ultra but would love to see the following in an updated version:
- A DAC chip one step up, like in the Amp Ultra
- XLR balanced out
- 4 or 5 inch screen
- Better pop and noise reduction via HDMI and Optical In
- No need for Phono In or Headphone Out
- All the other I/O ports can stay the same

This would be my dream DAC/media streamer and preamp.

What would you like in an altered version 2?

 

[Dennis from Venice]

Sirius XM

 

[hgo58]

I like my Wiim Ultra but would love to see the following in an updated version:
- A DAC chip one step up, like in the Amp Ultra
- XLR balanced out
- 4 or 5 inch screen
- Better pop and noise reduction via HDMI and Optical In
- No need for Phono In or Headphone Out
- All the other I/O ports can stay the same

This would be my dream DAC/media streamer and preamp.

What would you like in an altered version 2?

Nothing. I don't need anything listed and I do use Phono and headphones.

Let us get issues in current implementation fixed first.

 

[QuarryHunslet]

- 4 or 5 inch screen

In order to include a 5 inch screen, the unit would need to be at least 1 inch higher than the current Ultra, but this would also make more room available on the rear panel for additional sockets.

I wouldn't want XLR balanced, but would like to keep all of the current inputs/outputs, and add an additional Line In, Optical In, and add a Coax In.

Another useful addition would be a Tape In/Out Loop.

 

[taube Taube]

A DAC chip one step up,

And which one? And how will it affect the price? Besides, this could start a dispute about which company. )))

I would suggest as my wish AKM4499EX, or better yet two.
I would like some movement towards sound, for example, a linear power supply could help.
Good operational amplifiers.

Such a model can be called not "ultra", but "ultimate".

In order to include a 5 inch screen, the unit would need to be at least 1 inch higher than the current Ultra

Remove the volume control knob and make the screen longer, then there will be room for info and pictures.

 

[Persona Grata]

Most middle to high end DAC-chips are not so expensive anymore. Why not go for the ROHM BD34352EKV that SMSL now use in its D1 DAC for $80. It is transparent (meaning "bare wire" without coloration). The other components inside are more important to secure good enough S/N-ratio and SINAD . Even OPA1612 op amps are cheap and used in many bargain products today.

 

[QuarryHunslet]

Remove the volume control knob and make the screen longer, then there will be room for info and pictures.

But without a larger unit there wouldn’t be enough room for all of the extra inputs/outputs.

 

[hgo58]

Remove the volume control knob and make the screen longer, then there will be room for info and pictures.

That's actually a great idea.

We will need a reset button on the back then but else everything can be controlled from the screen, if the functions and look & feel gets improved over the current Ultra.

 

[Ivan]

Perfect as it is. Only big miss is a coaxial digital input, crazy they didn't put one.

 

[artishard116]

Coax input and and HDMI output with a "now playing" type OSD. Better screen layouts/UI. Better volume knob.

 

[whisen]

• More powerful DSP, more PEQ
• 5.1ch or 7.1ch connection
• Wifi 7

 

[alexcaire]

Being the volume knob the only thing I dislike about the ultra , it would be better to have a bigger screen , the volume could be controlled form it like the NAD M10