phunny12000
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All the specs on the link above
Ah, ok. The first part I sign. The second leaves me a little bit cluelessFirst time having a proper streamer and hoping it improves further after it's bedded in so to speak
Is that an assumption or fact?
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
”Wiim also promised that it would reveal another new device, and it turns out to be the Wiim Amp Pro, a beefed-up version of the highly rated Wiim Amp that launched earlier this year. It will sell for $369 when it arrives on Amazon around the same time as the Ultra.”
We haven’t heard anything from WiiM re timescales that I recallHave we heard anything different to that?
Would you buy the old one now when the new one has been announced for this year? So assumptionIs that an assumption or fact?
I wonder if they’ll rationalise their product line, maybe by tweaking the prices a bit to have just the Mini, the Pro Plus, the Ultra and the Amp Pro, maybe quietly retiring the Pro and the Amp, and even maybe a slightly upgraded mini mk2 to replace the current mini? There’s perhaps a danger there’ll be too many models with not enough differentiation.Is that an assumption or fact?
As long as they keep supporting the original amp with firmware updates that would make sense.I wonder if they’ll rationalise their product line, maybe by tweaking the prices a bit to have just the Mini, the Pro Plus, the Ultra and the Amp Pro, maybe quietly retiring the Pro and the Amp, and even maybe a slightly upgraded mini mk2 to replace the current mini? There’s perhaps a danger there’ll be too many models with not enough differentiation.
That would be those who missed that the Amp Pro looks exactly the same as the Amp, right? At least as far as the prototypes on display (has there been more than one?) are concerned.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.
For WiiM it might make sense, no matter if or how they continue to support the WiiM Amp. So far we have nothing but a relatively vague announcement. Even taking the replacement of the Amp as a fact, how many potential buyers will have taken notice, so far?As long as they keep supporting the original amp with firmware updates that would make sense.
Link to the eBay listing? ThanksFrom 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
Old school says, if you don’t stress amps, you can’t tell them apart.Hence “perfect” in quotes.
We will, of course, wait for the measurements.
But what makes me laugh is the number of people trying to big up the issues, which were first noted in the review and measurements at Erin’s Audio Corner.
What’s making me laugh? He’s since gone on to do side-by-side checks against other amps using a number of speakers, including a pair of KEF Blade Metas, rrp £30,000, and he can’t hear a difference.
And yet some insist on pontificating as to what a disaster the Amp is.
Me? I’m happy with that level of ‘disaster’.
That would be those who missed that the Amp Pro looks exactly the same as the Amp, right? At least as far as the prototypes on display (has there been more than one?) are concerned.
Load dependency (as it is present with most all cheap class D designs) happens irrespective of requested power.Old school says, if you don’t stress amps, you can’t tell them apart.
but what happens on real load when you go well above 8ohm..16 20 30ohm on the tweeter part or at the crossover which is a fairly common thing...
it's quite surprising that this is not monitored and to stick to 8ohm...
already a basic measurement , even if already too nice compared to reality, at 16 and 32ohm would be interesting...
Things like capacitive load are stresses. My intuition says this manifests as irregular frequency response.Load dependency (as it is present with most all cheap class D designs) happens irrespective of requested power.
"Load" just refers to the impedance over frequency, not if the amp has to do heavy lifting or not. Even when listening at low levels, the effect will kick in. It's different for every single speaker model and it even a theoretical issue with some.
According to the look of the Amp Pro it will employ Post Filter FeedBack, so it's load dependancy will be reduced.
Wether this is audible is topic of many debates. PFFB also reduces noise and distortion, though, so it's generally considered beneficial.