Listening impressions with the WiiM Ultra compared to the WiiM pro+ and compared to other streamers

[adias]

If your DAC has a usb in, the Ultra usb is quite good. I doubt the Cambridge will beat it.

 

[Frans]

If your DAC has a usb in, the Ultra usb is quite good. I doubt the Cambridge will beat it.

As far as I know the Cambridge streamer has no usb out like the ultra. Only an usb input for an usb stick.

 

[adias]

As far as I know the Cambridge streamer has no usb out like the ultra. Only an usb input for an usb stick.

Correct. One more reason to prefer Ultra > DAC USB.

 

[Musician]

I’m looking for subjective sound Impressions purely as streamer. More specifically digital coax output. Wiim pro vs ultra.

Anyone ?

The jitter performance is a little better using the Ultra. This can be verified by several measurements. With my external Rega dac R I can hear a very very small advantage with my Ultra compared to my WiiM pro. The small differences can be heard in the stereo image.

The sound advantage using my rega dac r is however much greater than between the different WiiM transports, meaning my WiiM pro with Rega dac r sounds better than my WiiM Ultra with the inbuilt dac.

Very subjective opinion :

My Yamaha wxc50 streamer with inbuilt dac is 85% subjective soundquality.

WiiM ultra with inbuilt dac is 90 % subjective soundquality.

The sound quality is 95% with the WiiM pro-Rega combination, and about 97% with the Ultra - Rega.

Hope this helps.

 

[iulian]

I use Wiim Amp occasionally as a streamer with USB out on my Musician Pegasus 2 DAC. Do you think that if I buy Wiim Ultra for the same purpose there will be any improvement in sound quality?

 

[Smartplug]

I use Wiim Amp occasionally as a streamer with USB out on my Musician Pegasus 2 DAC. Do you think that if I buy Wiim Ultra for the same purpose there will be any improvement in sound quality?

No! Your amp will just passed the bit stream to the dac and process it just like standard amp. If you want improvement try using room correction or fix your room accoustics.