Laptop To Vintage Stereo
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You could use USB DAC from your laptop to your stereo amp
Getting Wiim means bluetooth which is reduction.
Unless you use a wiim to access music on your laptop via samba or if you have mediamonkey and share music that way.
So you have several options
HansD-NL
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A WiiM (every model) can play Amazon Music HD/UHD directly from inside the WiiM Home app and then you don't need a laptop connected to it.
If you want to connect a laptop to the WiiM for other music/local files you can do so with a USB to SPDIF (optical) adapter. Then you are able to use all the many functions like EQ and Roomfit and the WiiM becomes the music hub controlling everything. For transparent and great quality audio I recommend a WiiM Pro Plus or an Ultra.
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In order to get bit perfect 24/192 from Amazon Music in conjunction with a WiiM device, you really need to use the Wiim Home or Amazon Music mobile app, or even Alexa. You can’t cast from the desktop version of the Amazon Music app, and using a physical connection from the laptop means you’re going thru the windows audio subsystem and not achieving a bit perfect signal.
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Patagonia
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If you want to use your laptop, the most simple way is using the analog out of the laptop to any input of your receiver, just need 1 cable. For more quality you can add a DAC feed by USB from the laptop, or BT as said before.
But is far more convenient to add something as a Wiim Pro or Wiim Mini to feed your receiver, any of these will stream Amazon Music directly (think the mini can't do 192khz though, confirm) and you only use your laptop (or phone, tablet) as a remote control thus removing g the need to have the laptop attached to the system, you could even power it off and continue listening. If you would later wish to stream files from your laptop it would
Also be posible adding music server software to it.
But is far more convenient to add something as a Wiim Pro or Wiim Mini to feed your receiver, any of these will stream Amazon Music directly (think the mini can't do 192khz though, confirm) and you only use your laptop (or phone, tablet) as a remote control thus removing g the need to have the laptop attached to the system, you could even power it off and continue listening. If you would later wish to stream files from your laptop it would
Also be posible adding music server software to it.
HansD-NL
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That's a strange statement. A laptop or other computer connected to a DAC is the most capable streamer there is and ever was. Always up to date, all apps and websites that can play any sound will work. That it is not as slick or integrated or even a hassle can be argued...
No IR remote control
Reliant on bloaty background OS
Relying on UI of that music software, integration through remote/screen
Have to check bit perfect is working.
Gimme a streamer over a laptop anyway (and I have both)
Although laptop allows you to conversion/tagging/album art etc whilst music is playing
As an Amazon Music user, I’d disagree as it can’t produce bit perfect output as it upsamples to the maximum resolution set for the soundcard/external DAC, nor can it cast over the network to a streamer. That’s one of the reasons I first got a WiiM Mini.
HansD-NL
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Now you are going into the "hassles" and that's fine off course
True but easy to solve. Lot of options.
Come on now, a bloaty OS?
Yes everything natively supported and working
Yes but mostly easy to solve if needed.
Depends on the use case but agree that a good streamer is a handy device. I also have both, multiple.
And all the other things that a computer can do. Like playing movies to a tv, a projector or whatever.
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HansD-NL
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Not talking about Amazon Music in particular (restrictions of the Amazon Music app) Was reacting to the statement "laptop as a source is really only suitable for USB DAC with foobar and local music"
Again, a computer can and will always play anything you want whatever the source of the (digital) media.
HansD-NL
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How many times has it happened that a (streaming) music service falls flat on it's face after some chances in the API or otherwise and there are then two parties who have to work together to fix things. I'm not pointing any fingers to WiiM or other brands but it will happen from time to time. In those cases the native apps on a computer will play music just fine.
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