Kudos for Wiim - Bose? No thanks!!

obertransae

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Dear WiiMers,

I’ve been living the WiiM life for three to four years now and, honestly… what a journey.
It all started harmlessly with a WiiM Mini. Then things escalated — quickly and without remorse: WiiM Amp, WiiM Amp Pro, and now I’m happily surrounded by WiiM Vibelink and the WiiM Ultra.

Yes, I may have a problem.
But let’s be clear: it’s a high-quality, well-engineered problem.

I mainly wanted to say thank you.
For years, the “perfect audio system” existed only in my head — and somehow WiiM went ahead and built it exactly like that.
Highly suspicious… but extremely impressive 😉

Big kudos to all the developers who made this happen. You didn’t just create hardware and software — you built a brand that genuinely moves people. Emotionally and musically, which is not exactly easy.

At this point, there’s really only one thing left to do:
more marketing.
Once that’s in place, a few very expensive legacy brands might suddenly start wondering why they still exist 😏

I also hope we’ll see even more love for passive speakers in the future.
Fantastic work, team — please keep going just like this… or better yet, keep being the reason audiophiles lose sleep and question their life choices.

Happy holidays to everyone, and keep doing what you do best!
Great job!!!
S.


P.S.
A small real-world example from a friend of mine: he owns about 10 Bose SoundTouch devices.
Today, they can be controlled via Bluetooth or AUX. And that’s where the story ends.

No smart features. No ecosystem. Just a gentle reminder that, for some companies, the customer ranks somewhere between the logo and the power button. -> https://www.bose.com/soundtouch-end-of-life

That’s exactly why WiiM matters.






 
P.S. A small real-world example from a friend of mine: he owns about 10 Bose SoundTouch devices.
Today, they can be controlled via Bluetooth or AUX. And that’s where the story ends.

No smart features. No ecosystem. Just a gentle reminder that, for some companies, the customer ranks somewhere between the logo and the power button. -> https://www.bose.com/soundtouch-end-of-life

That’s exactly why WiiM matters.

Until WiiM pulls the plug like Bose did.
 
Not necessarily - even if WiiM as a company folded and the WiiM app/firmware weren’t removed or deliberately crippled, a lot of functionality might remain untouched. Admittedly that might deteriorate after that if the third party APIs they use became incompatible with the streaming services they support, but I’d expect a great deal of features, like acting as a upnp player/control point, AirPlay and Chromecast target etc to survive.
 
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