Setup Advice - WIIM Pro and two powered speakers

[Pcryan5]

Hi - I am looking for some setup advice. I have a WIIM Pro and two powered speaker with Ethernet/optical inputs. Would it make most sense to optical WIIM to speaker 1 and join speaker 2 via Ethernet? Or would I need 2 WIIMs? Thanks very much!

 

[rccarguy]

Do your speakers have coaxial input?

 

[Pcryan5]

Do your speakers have coaxial input?

No. Each speaker has one optical via 3.5 adapter and one Ethernet

 

[rccarguy]

Maybe get one of these?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SOUNDFAM-Optical-Splitter-Toslink-Adapter/dp/B0BRXBDR8Q/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yueH2bf_deINNwIA0Yf2TAluWXKGMqFavhpmsC4u3lfGSe3byKUIPhShrLrJzv8dixUHKECKXIJTItwWrLZxnpd2zY-iXZ1NtDT4kEwwbTjivEwKhnJQoozb1OxU8amkZFgh02RtnGH5Wac1wc2dY50yc5OlbXgT92fGhXZGplbgt5q7wK4EreCZimC5UaxwSr1WEnCGdfc9HbJzIw9_ILC1bkMzlH_1g9CzGyyY_bY.Ww7oAxicENR_i40mfmeQhgPFC63c9maipbESaMt2bRE&dib_tag=se&keywords=optical%2Bcable%2Bsplitter&qid=1719424321&sr=8-3&th=1

 

[Brantome]

Hi - I am looking for some setup advice. I have a WIIM Pro and two powered speaker with Ethernet/optical inputs. Would it make most sense to optical WIIM to speaker 1 and join speaker 2 via Ethernet? Or would I need 2 WIIMs? Thanks very much!

Do the speakers naturally pair I.e can you link them in their own app over WiFi to be left and right speakers? If so, go for the first option. I’m not sure about using a splitter as then the two speakers would get a stereo signal each. I think two WiiMs, one outputting a left channel and another the right would also work but might be overkill, and grouping in that manner would be limited to 24/48.

 

[Pcryan5]

Thanks all - Ethernet to each it is!

 

[Brantome]

Thanks all - Ethernet to each it is!

Not sure if that would work as the WiiM app might not see the speakers. I meant the first option of optical to one, with them paired in their own app. Which speakers are they?

 

[Pcryan5]

Not sure if that would work as the WiiM app might not see the speakers. I meant the first option of optical to one, with them paired in their own app. Which speakers are they?

Devialet Phantom II - those weird ones.

 

[rccarguy]

Why would you think rj45 from wiim pro to those speakers think it'll work?

Unless the wiim has ability to use crossover network cable and can communicate directly to ethernet capable device?

Just get another wiim or that splitter

 

[LvdB]

Sharing the speaker brand and model would help! (In case it’s a B&O which have Powerlink Ethernet ports which only work with a B&O Powerlink streamer).

 

[Brantome]

From a quick look of its product description, I think the WiiM optical output into one then paired with the other in the Devialet app as a L/R pair is the (only?) way to go

 

[Pcryan5]

Sharing the speaker brand and model would help! (In case it’s a B&O which have Powerlink Ethernet ports which only work with a B&O Powerlink streamer).

You are right - i added it above duh.

 

[Brantome]

Why would you think rj45 from wiim pro to those speakers think it'll work?

Unless the wiim has ability to use crossover network cable and can communicate directly to ethernet capable device?

Just get another wiim or that splitter

It wouldn’t as the WiiM devices wouldn’t see them until WiiM release DLNA casting which would send the same signal to both and possibly limit the resolution. The optical splitter similarly would send the same stereo signal to both. To fully exploit them as a L/R pair, a single optical cable and paring them in their app would be my first and possibly only choice

 

[rccarguy]

Yeah it looks a proprietary protocol so splitter or multiple wiim is best.

 

[Brantome]

Yeah it looks a proprietary protocol so splitter or multiple wiim is best.

I disagree - a single WiiM and a single optical cable into one of them, with their own app pairing would allow max resolution and the option to use them as a stereo pair or multi room.

 

[Wiimer]

As @Brantome says, a splitter can only increase one output to two. It is not a device that splits one stereo 2ch signal into one left and one right channel.