What speakers do you use for your AMPlified Wiims?

[mrehorst]

I have a Wiim Amp Pro that I'm currently moving back and forth between the bedroom and living room. The speakers in the bedroom are 20+ YO Canton Ergo 22DC speakers set up on the night stands (like wearing headphones but I can roll over!). In the living room system I am using Quad ESL-63s (40+ YO and recently rebuilt) and an SVS 3000 Micro subwoofer with the Wiim Amp bass management configured as a crossover. I'm considering a Wiim Amp Ultra for the living room system so I don't have to keep moving the amp.


The Quads don't produce much in the way of low bass, and trying to produce low bass with them limits their SPL. The crossover in the Wiim Amp Pro keeps the low bass out of the Quads so they can play louder, and the subwoofer gives me the low bass that the Quads can't. The Quads were designed to be used with 50-100W amps, so the Wiim Amp Pro (and Ultra) is great for driving them.


The Canton Ergos take up a bit of space on the nightstands, but they sound quite good. I play recordings of crickets and tree frogs or quiet music when I go to bed. A sleep timer turns the system off after 45 minutes or so. I added a magnetic tape strip to the back of the remote control and stick it to the steel headboard so its always in easy reach to adjust volume or turn the system off.

 

[PietB51]

Very happy with Wiim Ultra, BT20A pro amp, Dali on Wall fronts and sub KEF Kube 8
Tuned through roomfit in the Wiim app.

 

[canard]

I have a Wiim Amp Pro that I'm currently moving back and forth between the bedroom and living room. The speakers in the bedroom are 20+ YO Canton Ergo 22DC speakers set up on the night stands (like wearing headphones but I can roll over!). In the living room system I am using Quad ESL-63s (40+ YO and recently rebuilt) and an SVS 3000 Micro subwoofer with the Wiim Amp bass management configured as a crossover. I'm considering a Wiim Amp Ultra for the living room system so I don't have to keep moving the amp.

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The Quads don't produce much in the way of low bass, and trying to produce low bass with them limits their SPL. The crossover in the Wiim Amp Pro keeps the low bass out of the Quads so they can play louder, and the subwoofer gives me the low bass that the Quads can't. The Quads were designed to be used with 50-100W amps, so the Wiim Amp Pro (and Ultra) is great for driving them.

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The Canton Ergos take up a bit of space on the nightstands, but they sound quite good. I play recordings of crickets and tree frogs or quiet music when I go to bed. A sleep timer turns the system off after 45 minutes or so. I added a magnetic tape strip to the back of the remote control and stick it to the steel headboard so its always in easy reach to adjust volume or turn the system off.

by cutting so high, would deserve two very distinct subs in stereo mode not double mono..(and placed under the esl)... but you already know that I imagine ;-)

 

[mrehorst]

by cutting so high, would deserve two very distinct subs in stereo mode not double mono..(and placed under the esl)... but you already know that I imagine ;-)

Yes, but Wiim has only 2.1 output... It still sounds quite good as-is. The nice thing about the crossover in the Wiim Amp Pro is the frequency can be set while listening to music. I have found just a couple pieces of music where I am able to localize the bass to the sub and moving the crossover frequency down fixes it.