WiiM Amp Pro

[Jls]

Class D owes its existence to competent chips from TI. That’s what got the price down without things sounding like crap.

The fact that audiophiles are even willing to review them is evidence that no ordinary person will ever hear a defect.

 

[BowsAndArrows]

If this is a joke, I admit I don't get it. "Class G" is vendor specific jargon and really nothing new. Heck, the editorial hint "This section needs additional citations for verification." on Wikipedia dates back to June 2014.

yeh it was meant to poke fun a little bit because as @Jls points out - we've come a LONG way with Class D in the past 2 decades.

arcam and PS audio are using class G in some of their amps these days. so it must be good, right?

 

[steadyshot]

Does it make sense to sell my roksan attessa amp and wiim pro plus and buy wiim amp pro and a sub for my system? All this for not paying extra for a sub

 

[Brantome]

But for me this HEOS platform is pure pita.

Is that a step up or down from “execrable”?

Looks as if it hasn’t moved on from when I last used it before I got the WiiM Mini, and still no Qobuz support as far as I’m aware…

 

[Jls]

Just a word to the marketing department: with everyone using standard chips for all the heavy lifting, apps will be the selling feature.

Apps, to included embedded services.

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

It’s gone very quiet. Relatively speaking.

 

[steadyshot]

Maybe when it becomes a purify 250w 8ohm 500w 4ohm with a high quality dac, Dirac room correction full with the license and two sub outs and it is around 800-1000 euro then I will think about it!

 

[landco]

Maybe when it becomes a purify 250w 8ohm 500w 4ohm with a high quality dac

Changing the amplifier/DAC brand to an audiophile brand will not have any advantages, it will only make the device more expensive

 

[layer9]

Maybe when it becomes a purify 250w 8ohm 500w 4ohm with a high quality dac, Dirac room correction full with the license and two sub outs and it is around 800-1000 euro then I will think about it!

That would be the NAD M33 I guess. Despite the price difference

 

[phunny12000]

Daft question here, since on the description it says arc does that mean you can have an osd on your TV

 

[harkpabst]

On the amplifier's side this is an audio input, not a video output.

 

[Brantome]

Daft question here, since on the description it says arc does that mean you can have an osd on your TV

No, the hdmi connection is an ARC (audio return channel) connection only

 

[phunny12000]

So basically it's a hdmi input

 

[Brantome]

So basically it's a hdmi input

If you want to call it that…

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

If you want to call it that…

How about “an audio-only HDMI input”?

 

[Brantome]

How about “an audio-only HDMI input”?

HDMI ARC as in “audio return channel” says enough for me tbh

 

[harkpabst]

(Edit: This is what happens when you open a thread and don't send your answer immediately. )

Or just call it what it is: HDMI ARC
(Not HDMI eARC, btw.)

The roles of the devices are pretty clearly defined.

 

[LucAce]

Does the WiiM Amp have a loudness function? And will the WiiM Amp Pro have one?

 

[Brantome]

Does the WiiM Amp have a loudness function? And will the WiiM Amp Pro have one?

As I replied to your same question in another thread, the Amp has a loudness EQ setting but some don’t consider that a loudness function

 

[zeluxao]

As I replied to your same question in another thread, the Amp has a loudness EQ setting but some don’t consider that a loudness function.

A loudness function that would adapt according to volume (like in rme's dac or some yamaha products) would be great. more volume -> less of a smiley face in eq and vice versa.