Wiim have said this is not the case.
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Well darn, this is the only thing missing for me. It would be nice to be able to continue to use the wiim amp as an HDMI capable preamp down the road but I guess you can't have absolutely everything.
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Have you amended your ASR post to say that? Might save you refuting it again
No, I just read their post in this thread.
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I see a U.S. listing for the Wiim amp has appeared at Crutchfield, with some "first listen" comments. Also confirms $US price of 299.00.
www.crutchfield.com
WiiM Amp (Space Gray)
Wireless streaming amplifier with Bluetooth®, Apple AirPlay® 2, and Google Cast
www.crutchfield.com
Thank you.I see a U.S. listing for the Wiim amp has appeared at Crutchfield, with some "first listen" comments. Also confirms $US price of 299.00.
WiiM Amp (Space Gray)
Wireless streaming amplifier with Bluetooth®, Apple AirPlay® 2, and Google Cast
But the "More details" on this page are very wrong.
The Amazon page is back and accepting orders!Thank you.
But the "More details" on this page are very wrong.
It’s not part of Black Friday deal just regular price. The rest of wiim are on sale.
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In my experience, the launch of a new product seldom attracts a discount
I will wait till it become part of sale to the rest of the product.
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But no sign of any discount (yet?) on Amazon UK
You have the unit, can you tell us how it sound?
I have been waiting so long that I could not wait any longer.
"Just take my money." It will arrive Friday.
I am SURE that I will derive enough enjoyment from the device to more than make up the difference in price between now and then.
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It’s available on Amazon USA.
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Like all things, it's very dependant on the speakers you use with it, your room acoustics, preferences and hearing etc. I've been using it off and on in a relatively small room with speakers from a Denon mini system as well as in a slightly larger room with my much better Linn M109 speakers. I find it eminently listenable in both setups, but of course more so with the better speakers. My sonic vocabulary doesn't extend much beyond that (drum me out of the hi fi brownies
) but I can say it does have a slightly glassier, more brittle sound at higher volumes compared to my usual amp which cost ten times as much, so maybe no surprise there.
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‘The new streaming amplifier takes the WiiM Pro Plus as its foundation – a hi-res capable AKM-based DAC circuit’
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The WiiM AMP lands w/ HDMI ARC & subwoofer output for €349 | Darko.Audio
Bass management with a couple of nifty extras are also part of this very sharply-priced deal.
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Quote: "The subwoofer output on the back of the WiiM AMP has seen Linkplay’s app developers add a bass management pane to the WiiM Home app. From there, we choose the subwoofer’s crossover frequency but also gain and phase (the latter two features are yet to be found in BluOS). And yes, Linkplay’s underlying DSP also high-pass filters the loudspeaker outputs to take the low bass burden away from a 2-way loudspeaker’s mid-bass driver. None of this is in the press release though — I had to ask WiiM about it directly.‘The new streaming amplifier takes the WiiM Pro Plus as its foundation – a hi-res capable AKM-based DAC circuit’
The WiiM AMP lands w/ HDMI ARC & subwoofer output for €349 | Darko.Audio
Bass management with a couple of nifty extras are also part of this very sharply-priced deal.
Also not in the press release is another very clever piece of wizardry (if it comes off): the aforementioned bass management pane will show up in the WiiM Home app for WiiM Pro and Pro Plus users. Connect either streamer’s pre-amplifier outputs to an adapter and then to the subwoofer, sync its streaming zone with the WiiM AMP and presto: wireless subwoofer integration"
He's wrong about it being an AKM based DAC though, it's an ESS9018.
@Smartplug - guess that answers your query re high pass filters
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I read the entire thread but couldn't find the answer.
Can the volume be controlled only by TV remote ? TV has HDMI ARC CEC and I would prefer not to have to use 2 remotes.
It seems not to be CEC compatible, meaning it will not automatically power on and off according to TV power statuts, right ?
Btw, do you think it's powerfull enough to drive a pair of Triangle Borea BR09 (92.5 dB/W/m)?
Can the volume be controlled only by TV remote ? TV has HDMI ARC CEC and I would prefer not to have to use 2 remotes.
It seems not to be CEC compatible, meaning it will not automatically power on and off according to TV power statuts, right ?
Btw, do you think it's powerfull enough to drive a pair of Triangle Borea BR09 (92.5 dB/W/m)?
