Wiim 5.1 decoding potential to Schiit Mimir

[Wiley_Kioti]

New to the forum here. Thinking of pulling the trigger on Wiim products and need some help or input on an idea. I don’t see a wiim contact line for sales so hoping you guys can answer here!

Like many of you I’ve seen on here I am trying to integrate home theater with hifi and I’m very excited about a quality streamer with built in dsp. For movies I like a 3.1 or 5.1 setup and for listening I like a 2.1, but I want to have best of both without having an ugly massive AVR or a really expensive decent looking one. I don’t care about atmos currently. Dolby digital is just fine.

It clearly states on Wiim that you need more than 1 Wiim in order to achieve 5.1. Does anyone know if you can send Dolby decoded left and right front through usb out from wiim amp into external dac?

Example:
Wiim amp —— active sub & center speaker (configure center in app as left or right speaker terminal) —— then send usb out to external dac with decoding for right and left front? Then be able to send 2.1 signal when streaming music and turn off the center in the app?

I know I could achieve this by instead of using external dac I buy a second wiim like the pro or pro plus but my 2 channel power amplifier is XLR in and I like the mimir balanced output.

Has anyone tried this?

 

[Burnside]

No, the WiiM 5.1 Dolby feature works as described here and doesn’t provide the means to break out different channels in the manner you describe.

Setting Up a WiiM Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound System

TABLE OF CONTENTS Learn More about WiiM Dolby 5.1 Surround System 1. Front Left, Front Right, and Subwoofer 2. Center 3. Surround Left and Surround Right Device Requirements and Typical Configurations Before You Begin Steps to Set Up a...

faq.wiimhome.com

 

[Wiley_Kioti]

Ah I clearly see now the wiim amp pro and wiim amp do not have output option other than speaker terminals so neither product will ever have the hardware to complete this.

Back to the drawing board!