Using WiiM as a component?

[DEF 66]

I’m new to this tech. I have an old pioneer SC 57 that I only use for supplying music to 2 zones I’m my house, pretty basic. This reciever recently lost its capability to stream internet radio which I have really grown accustomed to over the years. I’m trying to wrap my mind around how this Wii works. I can currently listen to local radio,music I have loaded on a device via hard wire. This sc57 has no built in WiFi or Bluetooth capabilities. Will this Wii allow wireless connectivity to my other devices on my network, and will I be able to listen to internet radio. I have a LAN port on the reciever that I have hard wired into my home router, so I am thinking this Wii will just work like a component? The LAN will go into the Wii or HDMI and from Wii into the reciever. I have 2 Speakercraft 4 ohms a zone that the sc57 works well with and don’t want any issues. I have the icontrol app from pioneer that works with the sc57 and don’t have issues with 2 apps. It just seems to be an easy hookup but I don’t know if I’m overthinking or

 

[Pragmatist]

No answer to your question, but for further research it could eventually become important to add the missing M . Brand name is WiiM, Wii is something completely different. Sorry if that reads nitpicking

 

[harkpabst]

For your SC-57 a WiiM streamer will be like any other external source, like e.g. a CD player. The output of the WiiM streamer will go to one input of your receiver, either RCA (analogue, using the WiiM's DAC) or optical (digital, using the SC-57's DAC). You select the respective input and can play everything the WiiM streamer can do.

WiiM streamers have built-in support for a broad range of streaming services (including e.g. Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz), the world's best Internet radio (Radio Paradise), Internet radio aggregation services (vTuner and TuneIn) and you can manually enter the URL of any Internet radio station you know that might not be available through any other service.

They can also access different music servers installed in your local network (e.g. running on a NAS, a PC or a Raspberry Pi) and even support plain SMB file shares with no music server running.

Google Chromecast (also called Googlecast) is supported on all streamers but the Mini. Apple AirPlay 2 is supported on all streamers but the Ultra.

In addition to that, the WiiM Ultra (as the top streamer so far) also supports playing music from an attached USB memory key or USB drive, running its own media server.

Bluetooth (input and output) is also supported (but not the preferred pick when it comes to sound quality).

The WiiM Mini (their most affordable offer) does not sport an ethernet port IIRC, all others streamers do (in case you cannot or do not want to use Wi-Fi). I think it's fair to say that WiiM streamers will be able to replace pretty much every network based feature of your SC-57.

I certainly forgot about a lot of the other features, but the short takeaway is: There are a couple of WiiM products doing exactly what you need.

 

[DEF 66]

For your SC-57 a WiiM streamer will be like any other external source, like e.g. a CD player. The output of the WiiM streamer will go to one input of your receiver, either RCA (analogue, using the WiiM's DAC) or optical (digital, using the SC-57's DAC). You select the respective input and can play everything the WiiM streamer can do.

WiiM streamers have built-in support for a broad range of streaming services (including e.g. Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz), the world's best Internet radio (Radio Paradise), Internet radio aggregation services (vTuner and TuneIn) and you can manually enter the URL of any Internet radio station you know that might not be available through any other service.

They can also access different music servers installed in your local network (e.g. running on a NAS, a PC or a Raspberry Pi) and even support plain SMB file shares with no music server running.

Google Chromecast (also called Googlecast) is supported on all streamers but the Mini. Apple AirPlay 2 is supported on all streamers but the Ultra.

In addition to that, the WiiM Ultra (as the top streamer so far) also supports playing music from an attached USB memory key or USB drive, running its own media server.

Bluetooth (input and output) is also supported (but not the preferred pick when it comes to sound quality).

The WiiM Mini (their most affordable offer) does not sport an ethernet port IIRC, all others streamers do (in case you cannot or do not want to use Wi-Fi). I think it's fair to say that WiiM streamers will be able to replace pretty much every network based feature of your SC-57.

I certainly forgot about a lot of the other features, but the short takeaway is: There are a couple of WiiM products doing exactly what you need.

Thanks for the information, that is just what I needed.