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.