Introducing WiiM Amp Pro

[Wiimer]

I heard that a statue of @Brantome is to be built at the entrance of the California headquarters.

 

[Burnside]

I really think it's a small country with few towns and islands where people like to cut off their fingers. Or maybe it's Ireland, dunno.
Anyway chances are big

Definitely Ireland - strange film that, the Banshees of Inisherin. Better watching In Bruges with the same two actors…

 

[Burnside]

Anyway, back to WiiM Amp Pro…

 

[Smartplug]

I heard that a statue of @Brantome is to be built at the entrance of the California headquarters.

Why would they choose liberal California? If he’s liberal then that’s the place but if he’s conservative he’s on wrong place.

 

[guizzog31]

@WiiM Team When will it be available in stock on Amazon?

 

[harkpabst]

This time I won't quote double-post-bill, but I didn't change my mind about him.

Has it been on sale in the US? I thought it was just seen in the UK Amazon Store

Now that you mention it I'm no longer sure. I thought so, but I could be wrong.

 

[WiiM Team]

@WiiM Team When will it be available in stock on Amazon?

For Amazon US - We're hoping it will hit the Amazon distribution line by the end of this week or early next week. As soon as it hits the distribution line, Amazon will be able to provide an estimated ship date.

 

[Burnside]

Review in ASR, for those of you who like that type of thing

WiiM Amp Pro Streaming Stereo Amplifier Review

This is a review and detailed measurements of the WiiM Amp Pro networked streaming stereo class D amplifier. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $379. The package is minimalistic in nature and matches the "non-pro" version of the amplifier. The volume indicator is that set of LEDs...

audiosciencereview.com

 

[pieterv1]

Review in ASR, for those of you who like that type of thing

WiiM Amp Pro Streaming Stereo Amplifier Review

This is a review and detailed measurements of the WiiM Amp Pro networked streaming stereo class D amplifier. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $379. The package is minimalistic in nature and matches the "non-pro" version of the amplifier. The volume indicator is that set of LEDs...

audiosciencereview.com

Overall very positive it seems... Looking forward to his Ultra review.

 

[canard]

To clarify, the minimum supported impedance for both products is 2.67 ohms, providing some flexibility for speakers with loads below 4 ohms. We’ll update the specs to include this information, which should help address any questions regarding supported loads.

important to know and very useful...
2.67ohms...

allows you to take precautions....

thank you

 

[slartibartfast]

important to know and very useful...
2.67ohms...

allows you to take precautions....

thank you

Only if you know the minimum impedance of your speakers.

 

[harkpabst]

Every real man should know his speakers' minimum impedance!

 

[biil]

You do realize that the "culprit" leading to the missing functionality that your cult demands is, almost certainly, the deity: Apple itself?
Its not like Wiim doesn't know how to implement Airplay (they've obviously done it in the past) or that the product lacks necessary hardware. Or that Wiim marketing mistakenly thought that there wasn't customer demand for the feature. The only plausible explanation is Apple being unfriendly (to put it mildly) in licensing Airplay.
So perhaps go spend your time and effort in some Apple forums complaining about their perpetually closed ecosystem and monopolistic overreach in their IP enforcement.

Swing and a miss...

 

[canard]

Only if you know the minimum impedance of your speakers.

at minimum..and with epdr !

 

[slartibartfast]

at minimum..and with epdr !

Epdr?

 

[keiron99]

Does anyone know when the Pro will be available in the UK and what price?

Also do we expect the regular Wiim Amp to be discounted? (I see it has been as low as about £240 in the past, for example on Prime deal days.)

 

[Burnside]

Does anyone know when the Pro will be available in the UK and what price?

Also do we expect the regular Wiim Amp to be discounted? (I see it has been as low as about £240 in the past, for example on Prime deal days.)

WiiM have already stated in the first post that it will be released next month outside the USA, but on past experience I’d say it’s more likely to be in November. Pricewise, I’d guess between £379-£399, but WiiM haven’t given any indication. While the Amp has been discounted in the past, it doesn’t follow that the release of the Amp Pro will drive a price drop of the original one - after all, why bring out a new product then discount its predecessor, attracting people to that away from the new model?

 

[mikerick39]

Sorry, didn't mean to necessarily give you a hard time. But I've been in audiophile world for nearly 30 years now, I can't recall anyone thinking they could/should drive two pairs of speakers from a single pair of amplifier outputs, that's just not very smart. You'll end up damaging your amp, your speakers, or both. The only situation where that MIGHT not happen is the rare case of especially benign, high load speakers like the classic Quad ESLs or several vintage horn designs. I'm guessing those are not the speakers you're trying to use with a WiiM amp, LOL...

Deer Creek sells a Class D Hypex amp that will happily drive loads down to 2ohms.

 

[mikerick39]

For Amazon US - We're hoping it will hit the Amazon distribution line by the end of this week or early next week. As soon as it hits the distribution line, Amazon will be able to provide an estimated ship date.

Why is the Amp Pro no longer showing up on Amazon?

 

[Burnside]

Why is the Amp Pro no longer showing up on Amazon?

Probably just website changes in prep for it coming into stock. I’d give it a few days and see if that changes