We all know ASR as in audio science review. It’s pure measurement review for those who are interested or just read John Darko review which based on opinion of the reviewer. This just me I like reading review based on subjective like let say cheap audio man or Andrew Robinson.Ask @Smartplug
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My apology, I am happy to say you’re one smartest around this forum and I pay close attention when it come to your review. I have yet to hear a device regardless of cost that will blow my mind and spirit away. I guess they don’t exist.Not sure, what is this ASR you've mentioned?
it’s thanksgiving so it’s special occasion. What I’m trying to find out between the pro plus dac vs the ess dac from wiim amp. We were told before in here that it was pro plus with built in amp. Can you give us an insight? Thank you!
Thanks but I didn’t see the tag
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No problem
It was late so maybe I messed it up…
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We were told it was “basically” a pro plus with an amp section, which is still still strictly true. And I know Darko claims he was told in an email it would still be the AKM DAC. WiiM haven’t disclosed anything (to me anyway) about the design change which could be down to cost, availability, compatibility with other components or a variety of other reasons. At the end of the day, it’s down to how it sounds when all the parts are put together and to me, it sounds good
Despite it not being reduced in the Black Friday sale, you should go ahead and buy one. You seemed to be champing at the bit this time last week but have cooled off since then…
Yes I did cool off because of work. I haven’t been able to listen till today. I hope it can power up my power hungry low sensitivity speakers. I’m currently powering them with mono block rated 450. I used to powered them with AVR but it just warm up my AVR and shut down due to excessive heat. They don’t sound good because it can’t support 4 ohms.We were told it was “basically” a pro plus with an amp section, which is still still strictly true. And I know Darko claims he was told in an email it would still be the AKM DAC. WiiM haven’t disclosed anything (to me anyway) about the design change which could be down to cost, availability, compatibility with other components or a variety of other reasons. At the end of the day, it’s down to how it sounds when all the parts are put together and to me, it sounds good
Despite it not being reduced in the Black Friday sale, you should go ahead and buy one. You seemed to be champing at the bit this time last week but have cooled off since then…
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Well I don't know much about how to interpret specs, but these are one of the speaker sets I tried with the WiiM Amp.
I normally use them with my Linn MDSM/4 DAC/amp, but they sounded pretty good with the WiiM Amp, taking away some of the glassy brittleness I thought it had.
I think you should maybe try the WiiM Amp from Amazon - their return policy is pretty good in my experience, so go for it if you can. If it doesn't work out, you can always return it but I suspect that once you hear it, you won't. Best wishes and good luck
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If you can get subwoofer(s) you will lighten the load, get a better in room response across the range, listen at higher spls comfortably and wiim amp can help you dial in those sub(s).
I would like to buy the WiiM Amp from german Amazon.de but unfortunately it is not yet available here, not even for pre-order. Hope it will come soon.Well I don't know much about how to interpret specs, but these are one of the speaker sets I tried with the WiiM Amp.
I normally use them with my Linn MDSM/4 DAC/amp, but they sounded pretty good with the WiiM Amp, taking away some of the glassy brittleness I thought it had.
I think you should maybe try the WiiM Amp from Amazon - their return policy is pretty good in my experience, so go for it if you can. If it doesn't work out, you can always return it but I suspect that once you hear it, you won't. Best wishes and good luck
I am a little bit afraid that it might lead to me selling my loved Marantz 2238B in near future.
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Give it a few weeks at least I’d say going by previous experience
Just my two cents.
The amp will certainly be a good object, but it certainly doesn't convince me to use it as a replacement for my Pioneer power amp in pure class A. By the way, via a switch I can use it as an alternative in class B. So..... .cui prodest?
Yes, I too know that many are just starting out and don't have an amplifier. It was to make a personal observation
The amp will certainly be a good object, but it certainly doesn't convince me to use it as a replacement for my Pioneer power amp in pure class A. By the way, via a switch I can use it as an alternative in class B. So..... .cui prodest?
Yes, I too know that many are just starting out and don't have an amplifier. It was to make a personal observation
It's not just people starting out per se, it's the practicalities of system size in small rooms. No point having a big system when a class D will nicely drive a pair of full range speakers in an apartment living room. Similarly, no point having a full AVR when you only need to drive a stereo system which is the great bonus of this having hdmi arc.Just my two cents.
The amp will certainly be a good object, but it certainly doesn't convince me to use it as a replacement for my Pioneer power amp in pure class A. By the way, via a switch I can use it as an alternative in class B. So..... .cui prodest?
Yes, I too know that many are just starting out and don't have an amplifier. It was to make a personal observation
Mhhhhh
So? Should manufacturers stop producing serious hi-fi amplifiers because a small class D amp is enough?I don't live in Buckingham. My room is 25 square meters and my Pre and Amp fit more than comfortably. So why give up true High Fidelity?
Think people think!
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Mhhhhh
I don't live in Buckingham. My room is 25 square meters and my Pre and Amp fit more than comfortably. So why give up true High Fidelity?
Think people think!
I'm perfectly capable of thinking, and I think your post completely misses the point of the WiiM amp.
mini system compact (
like small old marantz denon technics onkyo...etc of our youth )
new generation " only streaming" .
but
no cd , no tuner, no loudspeakers, no headphone output, no pre output....
no?
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With all this debate around WiiM amp versus separates (and remember to play nicely everyone) it does raise the one area where I wish WiiM had gone just a little further with their amp product, namely some outputs (optical or coaxial or even RCA) to allow an upgrade path in the future should anyone wish to use it purely as a streamer into a separate amplifier. It then means not having to start from scratch again.
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Am I seeing déjà vu now?
By the way, is the HDMI arc of the WiiM amp audio input only?
Is it technically possible to support video output?
(e.g. playing a music video through the WiiM app)
Few things mixed up here maybe? ARC stands for audio return channel, so the Amp only gets fed and hence only supports audio, not video. Yes, you can have a video playing on your TV, but it’s only the audio that is then fed to the Amp’s HDMI ARC input.
The use of the WiiM app is entirely separate and I don‘t believe it can access video files and extract just the audio to play on a WiiM device - I think this question has turned up frequently in a slightly different guise re casting from the YouTube app
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