I've set up a WiiM Pro with the line in (RCA) coming from my turntable and the line out (RCA) going to an amplifier and wired speakers in the living room. In my kitchen, I have a WiiM Sound Lite. As I understand it, the best way to play the turntable through the kitchen speaker is to link the two, set the Pro volume to 0, kitchen volume to whatever, and play. This works, but I get occasional stutters on the kitchen speaker.
Both the Pro and the Sound Lite are connected via Wi-Fi. I've configured both to 5 GHz only, no roaming, no IPv6, with a static IP address. Wi-Fi strength is "very good" on both units (living room: RSSI -49, speed 325, SNR 35; kitchen: RSSI -63, speed 360, SNR 23).
The Wi-Fi network is 3 x Eero Pro 7 (one on each level of the house, roughly) with wired backhaul to the gateway unit and modem in the basement. I've tried with eco efficiency, SQM, multi-link, client steering, thread, and WPA3 all turned off, with no change. The Sound Lite is connected to the access point in the basement and the Pro is connected to the access point in the living room.
All WiiM units and Eeros are running the latest firmware.
When I play directly from Spotify to the Sound Lite (using my phone), there is no issue. When I play directly from the turntable to the speakers attached to the Pro, there is no issue. So it seems like the issue only occurs when playing from the turntable to the Sound Lite.
The "nuclear" option here may be to wire the two WiiM units with Ethernet, but I'd prefer to avoid this if I can, as there's no convenient jack for either one.
I gather that the weak point here may be the multi-room setup, i.e., because the Pro *thinks* it's playing in both the living room and the kitchen, it chooses a protocol that requires very low latency in order to guarantee sync. Is there a way to tell it all I really want is to play from the Pro through the Sound Lite, so it can buffer a little more?
Speeds on the network are great--I get 950 Mbps over Wi-Fi between my laptop and a server in the basement. I have run into occasional issues in the past where a streaming service (Crave) stuttered several times during a movie, but assumed that was due to client steering, which has been turned off for these tests.
Any help you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated. When this setup is working, it's great, but the stutters completely ruin the experience of listening to music in the kitchen.
Both the Pro and the Sound Lite are connected via Wi-Fi. I've configured both to 5 GHz only, no roaming, no IPv6, with a static IP address. Wi-Fi strength is "very good" on both units (living room: RSSI -49, speed 325, SNR 35; kitchen: RSSI -63, speed 360, SNR 23).
The Wi-Fi network is 3 x Eero Pro 7 (one on each level of the house, roughly) with wired backhaul to the gateway unit and modem in the basement. I've tried with eco efficiency, SQM, multi-link, client steering, thread, and WPA3 all turned off, with no change. The Sound Lite is connected to the access point in the basement and the Pro is connected to the access point in the living room.
All WiiM units and Eeros are running the latest firmware.
When I play directly from Spotify to the Sound Lite (using my phone), there is no issue. When I play directly from the turntable to the speakers attached to the Pro, there is no issue. So it seems like the issue only occurs when playing from the turntable to the Sound Lite.
The "nuclear" option here may be to wire the two WiiM units with Ethernet, but I'd prefer to avoid this if I can, as there's no convenient jack for either one.
I gather that the weak point here may be the multi-room setup, i.e., because the Pro *thinks* it's playing in both the living room and the kitchen, it chooses a protocol that requires very low latency in order to guarantee sync. Is there a way to tell it all I really want is to play from the Pro through the Sound Lite, so it can buffer a little more?
Speeds on the network are great--I get 950 Mbps over Wi-Fi between my laptop and a server in the basement. I have run into occasional issues in the past where a streaming service (Crave) stuttered several times during a movie, but assumed that was due to client steering, which has been turned off for these tests.
Any help you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated. When this setup is working, it's great, but the stutters completely ruin the experience of listening to music in the kitchen.
