Amazingly Ferrari did just that! I was there and the newly developed 499P proved to be an awesome machine.And may be they could build a hypercar to win Le Mans....
What products you'd like to see WiiM produce?
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I would love to see a Wiim + Touch Panel Display, that can display album art, as well as basic playback info (song title, bit rates, etc...). Maybe a Vu Meter would be cool as well. In fact, I would love for the Wiim Home app to have these features, and we can just use our smart phone or tablets to do the display. Thanks!
Thought a while what I really would like from WiiM. (Or from any other company).
- Ready to use, no self-assembling.
- Ethernet only, no wireless. A decent solid metal case will work.
- The @Bunubu idea with poe reads good, but f.e. my German Fritzbox does not support it. If it would it could be great and easy to change the router.
- no internal DAC.
- only USB out. USB DACs are available in many price ranges.
- decent internal power supply with C7 socket or similar. Could be axed if poe is implemented.
- no Chromecast, no Alexa, no Siri, no whatsoever. Unsmart all over.
- easy NAS integration
- Qobuz integration.
Edit: Such less components would allow an as perfect as possible shielding within the case. To avoid possible interferences.
I know that I am a dreamer and such a build is only for my special wishes. But we read about so much dreams here.
And as we read here all day: More features means more problems.
- Ready to use, no self-assembling.
- Ethernet only, no wireless. A decent solid metal case will work.
- The @Bunubu idea with poe reads good, but f.e. my German Fritzbox does not support it. If it would it could be great and easy to change the router.
- no internal DAC.
- only USB out. USB DACs are available in many price ranges.
- decent internal power supply with C7 socket or similar. Could be axed if poe is implemented.
- no Chromecast, no Alexa, no Siri, no whatsoever. Unsmart all over.
- easy NAS integration
- Qobuz integration.
Edit: Such less components would allow an as perfect as possible shielding within the case. To avoid possible interferences.
I know that I am a dreamer and such a build is only for my special wishes. But we read about so much dreams here.
And as we read here all day: More features means more problems.
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There is Cambridge audio mxn 10 lurking at under 500 and it has already received very very good feedback. Letās see what happens with the new wiimā¦
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I was able to test the bigger brother of the MX10, the CXN V2 for my dealer and I loved it. The DACMAGIC M200 f.e. is still with me and is a great DAC for that little money. So I expect the MX10 is a brilliant item too. But tbh, the WiiM software in my eyes is a little bit better than the Cambridge StreamMagic. For users who want to have so much, sometimes fighting each other features. But that is private meaning only.
And I stay with my idea to keep things simple. And FOR ME all this casting and smart functions are not necessary and make things one by one more sensitive for errors. May be I am to old for such playthings
I was able to test the bigger brother of the MX10, the CXN V2 for my dealer and I loved it. The DACMAGIC M200 f.e. is still with me and is a great DAC for that little money. So I expect the MX10 is a brilliant item too. But tbh, the WiiM software in my eyes is a little bit better than the Cambridge StreamMagic. For users who want to have so much, sometimes fighting each other features. But that is private meaning only.
And I stay with my idea to keep things simple. And FOR ME all this casting and smart functions are not necessary and make things one by one more sensitive for errors. May be I am to old for such playthings
Obviously thatās a truism but it doesnāt explain why a manufacturer (WiiM in this case) inserts a feature that they assume most people want when in fact it is a minority use case. Roon.
I would call it a calculation not based on the number of possible users.
Iām not sure I understand what you mean?
They probably want to achieve an effect which is not simply measured by the number of possible users, ie. the impression of exclusivity as low-cost devices usually do not have a Roon support. So it's not an assumption that most people want it.
So are you suggesting they think they will sell more units to non Roon users because they have Roon certification like itās something mr average user aspires to but canāt afford/wonāt buy?
I don't think it's the most probably scenario, but yes, I can imagine similar thing can happen sometimes.
I would rather expect an effect of being recommended by some people who use Roon, or an effect of being considered as a higher level device due to the being a part of Roon Ready club,
Thatās crazy.
This is from Roonās website.
Letās assume two things neither of which can be considered stupid.
1. They arenāt inflating the number
2. The website content is controlled by the marketing dept and kept up to date.
How many users are there?
Which users do you mean here? Existing Roon users?
Yes. Existing Roon users.
Thatās a screenshot from their website 15 mins ago. Iād suggest if they had 120,100 or 150,100 users then the Marketing Dept would insist it said āover 120kā or āover 150kā but it doesnāt it says over 100k which suggests to me the user base is somewhere between 100k and perhaps 120k. Absolutely insignificant compared to the user base of Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz etc.
I should add I tried Roon and yes itās quite impressive but not sufficiently so to spend the money required to subscribe when itās adds little over LMSās capability. It reminds me of Sonos - capable but over priced.
Since it costs nothing here is my wish list. It's a mix of what they would like @MattVan e @Achim1811
- Display that can display album art, as well as basic playback info (song title, bit rates, etc...)
- Solid Aluminium Body. Something in the shape of NAD CS 1 with a front display
- No internal DAC
- USB audio Out, but also Coax & SPDIF
- Ok for Alexa integration. Just to use AMU connect.
- Of course all the streaming services that WiiMs have now. This, for me, it is their great strength. From what I've seen, virtually no Streamer on the market has that many streaming services built-in.
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- Display that can display album art, as well as basic playback info (song title, bit rates, etc...)
- Solid Aluminium Body. Something in the shape of NAD CS 1 with a front display
- No internal DAC
- USB audio Out, but also Coax & SPDIF
- Ok for Alexa integration. Just to use AMU connect.
- Of course all the streaming services that WiiMs have now. This, for me, it is their great strength. From what I've seen, virtually no Streamer on the market has that many streaming services built-in.
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