What products you'd like to see WiiM produce?

[slartibartfast]

I want a Wiim Ultra amp with headphone jacks. 3.5mm and 4.4mm. It would be perfect for a desktop system. The lack of a headphone option is all that is keeping me from buying it.

Also stay away from tube BS. Tubes add nothing except distortion and extra heat.

Never seen a 4.4mm headphone jack. 3.5mm and 6.35mm but not 4.4mm.

 

[Machiavelli]

4.4 is a common balanced output. sometimes named pentaconn.

Pentaconn 4.4mm Balanced TRRRS Male Plug. Headphone. DAC

The Original Pentaconn™ 4.4mm TRRRS 5 Pole connector

www.designacable.com

 

[Wolf365]

Soundbar with Dolby Atmos.

 

[Bernhard]

WiiM Amp Pro with Airplay plus a second Toslink

 

[Brian Hall]

Never seen a 4.4mm headphone jack. 3.5mm and 6.35mm but not 4.4mm.

I have 4.4mm balanced connectors on all of my headphones and IEMs. It is very common.

 

[harkpabst]

I want a Wiim Ultra amp with headphone jacks. 3.5mm and 4.4mm. It would be perfect for a desktop system. The lack of a headphone option is all that is keeping me from buying it.

If you're after a serious balanced headphone output, wouldn't a dedicated USB headphone amplifier almost always be the better choice? Connect it to the WiiM Amp Ultra and enjoy the best of both worlds.

Yes, admittedly that would be another box on your desk. But if WiiM would try to integrate such a device into the Amp Ultra the single box had to grow anyway. Even if the WiiM Amp Ultra's case wasn't already crammed, even the space for the additional jacks was missing.

From a price point of view balanced headphone amps usually cost anything from half the price of the Amp Ultra on. Even if some money could be saved with an integrated solution the price point would shift noticeably. I literally hear the YouTube reviewer's voices in my head how the look and feel of the original unit might have been OK but totally unacceptable at this price ...

I really think that an external headphone amp for those who need it is the better solution.

That doesn't mean nothing of course, we're chatting along back and forth in this thread and WiiM just watch and contemplate.

 

[Brian Hall]

If you're after a serious balanced headphone output, wouldn't a dedicated USB headphone amplifier almost always be the better choice? Connect it to the WiiM Amp Ultra and enjoy the best of both worlds.

Yes, admittedly that would be another box on your desk. But if WiiM would try to integrate such a device into the Amp Ultra the single box had to grow anyway. Even if the WiiM Amp Ultra's case wasn't already crammed, even the space for the additional jacks was missing.

From a price point of view balanced headphone amps usually cost anything from half the price of the Amp Ultra on. Even if some money could be saved with an integrated solution the price point would shift noticeably. I literally hear the YouTube reviewer's voices in my head how the look and feel of the original unit might have been OK but totally unacceptable at this price ...

I really think that an external headphone amp for those who need it is the better solution.

That doesn't mean nothing of course, we're chatting along back and forth in this thread and WiiM just watch and contemplate.

The Wiim Ultra managed to have a decent headphone output. Just a single 3.5mm.

 

[ninja]

For me: WIIM AMP ULTRA + :
+Coax IN,
+LDAC,
+XLR+RCA output,
+power min. 150 W / 8ohm
+ slightly better and easier to use RoomFit ....

 

[harkpabst]

The Wiim Ultra managed to have a decent headphone output. Just a single 3.5mm.

Oh yes, sure it does have a single unbalanced 3.5 mm jack and an integrated chip headphone amp of acceptable quality. But isn't that still far enough from your original proposal?