Hi to all
I voted, ( 1-4-6) but I would like to specify better why, when available, I will buy the WiiM Ultra.
1) I like the aesthetics. It seems well built, aluminum case and screen
2) I'm curious to try the USB audio output to connect my external DAC
3) The Linkplay guys, in my opinion, are doing a great job and they deserve to be supported.
Having said this, I would like to express a very personal opinion regarding the audio part of the Ultra .
I think that the DAC with the ESS ES9038 Q2M chip is very little Ultra. It's an old chip. This chip equipped the Topping D50s in 2021, and the D50s (250 €) had/has two of these chips. One per channel.
Now I'm using the Topping D70 Pro Saber (€700) which uses the 32-bit, 8-channel ES9039SPRO chip.
The Topping Dac alone costs almost twice the Ultra and is a pure DAC, so I won't even connect the line output of the Ultra. I think that instead of improving, I would make the situation worse.
Honestly in this field I expected more, but.....as I said I will still buy the Wiim Ultra for the other reasons I mentioned.