What products you'd like to see WiiM produce?

[canard]

The truly new feature might be the stereo (-mono) subwoofer output... there's a bit of everything currently available, even if some features are still developing and have yet to be fully realized... except for that...



(Then there's the home cinema sector... but there, processing and amplification solutions already exist from other brands, brands with a strong history and expertise in these areas, and not so much related to the primary use of Wiim products for audio streaming.)

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

The truly new feature might be the stereo subwoofer output... there's a bit of everything currently available, even if some features are still developing and have yet to be fully realized...

Well, that's something that sprang to my mind, too.

But the second RCA out is just hardware. The sub signal is already in stereo, and they have to fold it down to mono for the mono sub out, so no problem there. And as for room correction, I don't see a problem.

Let's say you currently hav a very large pair of floorstanders which go down to 20Hz. Then you switch to a pair of standmounts whih handlef 80Hz and above, and a pair of subs for below 80Hz. The Ultra can alrady hsndle 80Hz down to 20Hz for your floorstanders. Why would it need anything new for the same frequencies for stereo sub outs? At the very 'worst'/most you'd just need enough grunt to effectively have 2 lots of room correction going on instead of one.

 

[EddNog]

I may be wrong here, but I think there'll be a difference between anything new and the Ultra, in comparison to the Ultra vs the older streamers.

With the latter, the Ultra wasn't just new hardware, there was a lot of new app-based functionality. I remember lots of talk about how the bass management would work (would there be a delay setting for the sub, etc.), and stuff like that.

I don't think there's too much in the world of app-based functionality which the Ultra hasn't now developed, and most of anything new on an Ultra Plus will be the basic hardware (more ins and outs, etc.).

If they add a CD tray to the Ultra X, that would necessitate a bit of extra (software) development; meta data/tag search & download, logic for ripping to storage, and perhaps even adding some sort of an nVME drive slot/bay.

-Ed

 

[dominikz]

Well, that's something that sprang to my mind, too.

But the second RCA out is just hardware. The sub signal is already in stereo, and they have to fold it down to mono for the mono sub out, so no problem there. And as for room correction, I don't see a problem.

Let's say you currently hav a very large pair of floorstanders which go down to 20Hz. Then you switch to a pair of standmounts whih handlef 80Hz and above, and a pair of subs for below 80Hz. The Ultra can alrady hsndle 80Hz down to 20Hz for your floorstanders. Why would it need anything new for the same frequencies for stereo sub outs? At the very 'worst'/most you'd just need enough grunt to effectively have 2 lots of room correction going on instead of one.

Though there are really two ways dual subwoofer outputs could be utilized:
1) To get stereo bass optimized for a single listening position (i.e. left channel routed to left sub, right channel to right sub),
2) To get mono bass optimized for a wider listening area (i.e. along the lines of what is possible with DLBC and MSO).

Personally I'd love to have both options, with the flexibility to switch between them (including related RoomFit profile and bass management settings) with presets and/or based on selected source.

That would definitely require some new SW develoment!

 

[canard]

The problem is that if it's not present from the start, the first scenario can't be managed or even considered... (unless you dedicate another Wiim to this purpose, etc., which isn't so simple... etc.)

 

[jdavis417]

Room correction tapestries

 

[jdavis417]

Satellite speaker slippers.

 

[jdavis417]

One of those things they put on your dog to stop them from chewing out their stitches but to enhance human listening. The cone of aim!

 

[jdavis417]

The ability for the doorbell and various household timers to interrupt a broadcast with a reminder.

 

[jdavis417]

VR visualizer

 

[Karlaka]

I may be wrong here, but I think there'll be a difference between anything new and the Ultra, in comparison to the Ultra vs the older streamers.

With the latter, the Ultra wasn't just new hardware, there was a lot of new app-based functionality. I remember lots of talk about how the bass management would work (would there be a delay setting for the sub, etc.), and stuff like that.

I don't think there's too much in the world of app-based functionality which the Ultra hasn't now developed, and most of anything new on an Ultra Plus will be the basic hardware (more ins and outs, etc.).

Good afternoon everyone.

I agree. With the Fosi S3 already released (at a price I didn't expect, I must say), it occurs to me that the potential Ultra Plus should have balanced outputs for those who (without justification, myself included) request them.
Another feature I'd love to see is Dirac Live compatibility.
I'd also like to see a slight improvement in build quality (the volume knob on the current version feels like a toy).
Just expressing my minor wishes.
Cheers!

 

[HotDiggedy]

What products would you like to see based on what you've experienced so far?

Black editions. Possibly tweaked versions with higher audio quality too?

Based on experience with a Wiim amp in my bedroom I’ve just ordered an Ultra for my main Hifi rig, it will be going into a Chord Dave and through that into a Norma amp. I’ve gone for space grey but black would have been a better fit for most users.
It would be good if they had two usbs - one for audio out to dac (galvanically isolated) and another for music storage. The ability to add an external power supply would be good also .

 

[Mr Ee]

It would be good if they had two usbs - one for audio out to dac (galvanically isolated) and another for music storage.

Welcome.

This can be done with a usb hub.
Can also have multiple dacs this way.

 

[harkpabst]

Black editions. Possibly tweaked versions with higher audio quality too?

For some reason I feel strangely intrigued by the idea of higher grade "black editions" of the WiiM Ultra and WiiM AMP Ultra.

It would probably just need a higher quality volume knob, black casework and a higher price. Maybe more prominent feet and rhodium plated connectors. Higher audio quality would come along with that automatically, even with identical firmware.

 

[jfbuk]

Higher audio quality would come along with that automatically, even with identical firmware.

Audiophiles please form a disorderly queue