Phono sound quality with Pro Plus?

No need to think about the DACs in the Pro Plus and Ultra. They’re that good. Their ADCs are regrettably not of the same quality so if you’re a audiophool like I am you look for something better, even if it’s just for your 52 years old turntable.
 
Good info to know, I’ll probably stand pat for now-who knows maybe Wiim will come up with a better ADC version that I must have😉!
 
Why make things more complicated then? ;) If you like the sound with the WiiM Pro Plus and EQ applied better than without it, that's all that counts. No matter what others have experienced.

Few people will by a Pro Plus just to put it between a phono pre and an integrated amplifier.

Oh, by the way: The WiiM Ultra sports a better ADC than the WiiM Pro Plus. :P
 
harkpabst said:
Why make things more complicated then? ;) If you like the sound with the WiiM Pro Plus and EQ applied better than without it, that's all that counts. No matter what others have experienced.

Few people will by a Pro Plus just to put it between a phono pre and an integrated amplifier.

Oh, by the way: The WiiM Ultra sports a better ADC than the WiiM Pro Plus. :P
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Right, I bought the Wiim to stream but this possibility of connecting my turntable intrigued me with the eq and volume with the remote, so here I am trying figure out if it’s worth it.
The only disappointment I guess is the ADC Issue-oh well
 
Gwashmon said:
The only disappointment I guess is the ADC Issue-oh well
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Just in case you thought this rabbit hole might not be deep enough to absorb you completely ... you could use an external ADC as well as an external DAC with your Pro Plus, of course. :D

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Thread 'new small adc ...'

PocketADC

The miniDSP Pocket ADC is an extremely compact high-resolution A/D (analog-to-digital) convertor that accepts a stereo analog input on single-ended (RCA) connectors and converts it to SPDIF coaxial and TOSLINK optical digital outputs. This pocket size converter supports high sample rate and...
www.minidsp.com www.minidsp.com

if the quality and seriousness of the engineering is confirmed...will be a nice option to put the wiim with digital input...
(which seems to be possible at a low price...)
;-)

This is just one current example. ;)
 
harkpabst said:
Just in case you thought this rabbit hole might not be deep enough to absorb you completely ... you could use an external ADC as well as an external DAC with your Pro Plus, of course. :D

C

Thread 'new small adc ...'

PocketADC

The miniDSP Pocket ADC is an extremely compact high-resolution A/D (analog-to-digital) convertor that accepts a stereo analog input on single-ended (RCA) connectors and converts it to SPDIF coaxial and TOSLINK optical digital outputs. This pocket size converter supports high sample rate and...
www.minidsp.com www.minidsp.com

if the quality and seriousness of the engineering is confirmed...will be a nice option to put the wiim with digital input...
(which seems to be possible at a low price...)
;-)

This is just one current example. ;)
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Thank you for the info, probably a dumb question, but can a high quality ADC actually upconvert an analog audio signal?
I’m thinking of how photo and video upconversion works.
 
Gwashmon said:
Thanks for the response, so you must like the sound of the turntable through the Wiim.Do you find it changes the sound vs direct hookup of the turntable to the amp?
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I don't notice any difference, but I am not critically listening in this situation either. Certainly good enough.
 
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