WiiM Amp Pro

[renoxd]

I would like to run through Wiim device audio coming from Youtube Music, Games and Windows apps (Microsoft Teams, MS Office sounds etc).

 

[Brantome]

For Youtube Music, you can use Chromecast to the Pro, Pro Plus, Amp and Ultra, and for the rest you could perhaps use audio out from your sound card or a USB to SPDIF convertor

Edit: perhaps something like this would help

https://www.amazon.co.uk/InLine%C2%AE-Adapter-Digital-Coaxial-Converter/dp/B00DP7PWIK

 

[MKUltra]

And I would like a different thing - I would like WiiM to stream music from my PC over the network, but also mix sounds coming from another input.

That way I could get bit-perfect music bypassing the Windows audio stack, which has a lot of issues, but also get dings from my email client and not go through hoops when I quickly open something from YouTube or TikTok or Instagram or Twitter or whatever.

 

[Brantome]

And I would like a different thing - I would like WiiM to stream music from my PC over the network, but also mix sounds coming from another input.

That way I could get bit-perfect music bypassing the Windows audio stack, which has a lot of issues, but also get dings from my email client and not go through hoops when I quickly open something from YouTube or TikTok or Instagram or Twitter or whatever.

Would something like Jriver Media Center and its WDM driver do that for you, along with an external convertor like I mention in comment #82?

 

[MKUltra]

I have toslink, no need for USB

No idea how their WDM thing works, but if it's just a fake audio output, which it seems like it is, then it's prone to all the things Windows does, with all the APOs inbetween and CAudioLimiter and other things.

When I *really* listen to music and want things to work as they should, I use exclusive mode in... you'll be surprised... Winamp. But then I don't get a ding from my email client, because exclusive mode is, well, exclusive. I found web browsers can actually throw a fit if there's embedded video on a news webpage or something because sound output is not available.

If WiiM could do bit-perfect streaming *and* mix-in audio from another input, that would be great. But I'm not sure if the hardware allows it.

 

[cooky560]

Really? I have to read more about this then

I was suggesting it as a feature option, the App doesn't do it right now.

 

[wplynx914]

Any more updates on the Wiim amp pro? I’m eager to test. Do we know the exact release date ?

 

[Brantome]

Any more updates on the Wiim amp pro? I’m eager to test. Do we know the exact release date ?

No, nothing beyond the announcement and the brief summary of differences from the Amp. I'd guess a lot of their focus is on the Ultra, and when that hits the market, maybe then they'll turn their attention to the Amp pro

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

Still nothing?

It’s strange that the Amp Pro’s appearance at Munich hasn’t been followed by a press release/news item at WiiM’s site on the same way as the Ultra.

 

[Brantome]

Still nothing?

It’s strange that the Amp Pro’s appearance at Munich hasn’t been followed by a press release/news item at WiiM’s site on the same way as the Ultra.

Yip, still nothing.

 

[Wiimer]

Still nothing?

It’s strange that the Amp Pro’s appearance at Munich hasn’t been followed by a press release/news item at WiiM’s site on the same way as the Ultra.

I think of it as a sort of crank-in notice.

Edit; "crank-in" is Japanese English. I think the correct word is "start filming".

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

Just wondering if it can be all that difficult. The new DAC stage, that should be able to be transplanted pretty much straight from the Ultra. The new amp stage, they’ve been working on since before the original Amp was released.

I appreciate that the new Amp Pro is more of a revision of an old product than a brand new one like the Ultra. I could almost see them quietly moving away from the old Amp.

 

[harkpabst]

That's one thing we don't even know, yet. I don't think WiiM are in a rush concerning the Amp (Pro). Focus will clearly be on the Ultra for now.

 

[slartibartfast]

That's one thing we don't even know, yet. I don't think WiiM are in a rush concerning the Amp (Pro). Focus will clearly.be on the Ultra for now.

By announcing it they killed demand for the original amp though.

 

[harkpabst]

Is that an assumption or fact?

 

[phunny12000]

From what I've read, and I've scoured for info
The amp has the same Dac etc as the ultra but is missing the display,id pay £30 more for the amp without the display and that really will be the bargain, I've only set my plus up yesterday and am well impressed, hoping it gets better after a week or so, but money well spent so , also after one company tried selling me a bargain ifi ipower 2 for £67 i bought one new on eBay £40 , only 2 left so be quick

 

[phunny12000]

Wiim announces Ultra pricing and unleashes the Amp Pro | Digital Trends

Wiim's new Ultra network music streamer music player gets a price and detailed specs, and so does the new Pro version of the Wiim Amp.

www.digitaltrends.com

 

[phunny12000]

??

First time having a proper streamer and hoping it improves further after it's bedded in so to speak

 

[phunny12000]

All the specs on the link above

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

Is that an assumption or fact?

I think it’s an educated guess.

I don’t think there’s any doubt that there’ll be some people who were thinking of buying the amp, but who like the look of the Amp Pro better, and are prepared to wait.

If those people don’t exist, someone at WiiM has made an almighty cock up, which I doubt very much.

That’s just my take on it.