I wanted to test it then i got the stutter issues unfortunately.
When using Bluetooth, the sound is amplified by the headphones themselves, so which device is transmitting the Bluetooth stream to the headphones doesn't really matter, in the sense that e.g. two devices transmitting the same music with the same codec and bitrate will produce identical results on the same pair of headphones/speakers. That being said, it does matter if a device has a poor Bluetooth chip/antenna (which will lead to a bad connection and/or worse quality), or if it doesn't support higher quality codecs. The Wiim doesn't support aptX, LDAC or LHDC (yet?), but I know it does at least support SBC-XQ (goes up to about 550 kbps) as a receiver. I'm not sure if it can also transmit SBC-XQ, though.
Thank you for your take on this, @harkpabst.The Denon DRA-F107 has not been available as a separate product but only bundled with the DCD-F107 CD player and SC-F107 speakers. The entire set sold for roughly 650 € (list price, street price dropped below 450 € a year or so after introduction). And it was made roughly 15 years ago.
How can you know for sure the Denon is at "least (bold!) as good as the WiiM Amp", just because the WiiM amp is so "cheap"?
It's not perfectly clear to me if you got it that the Dali speakers did not originally come with this amp. We can still conclude that there's no obvious problem for the DRA-F107 driving them, if @Giro413 has been using this combo for a while. I did not find any measurements of the Lektor 2 specifically but Dali has a reputation for making easy to drive speakers. Nominal impedance is 6 ohms and them being small and simple 2-way designs we shouldn expect them to be a non-critical load for most every amplifier.
Some pros for the Denon (e.g. more versatile remote, more legacy inputs, ...). Some pros for the WiiM Amp (e.g. more power, feature-rich streamer and decent DAC already included, 15 years younger design, somewhat basic but vastly superior subwoofer management, EQ, ...). Just for subwoofer management and EQ alone I would probably give the WiiM Amp a try.
I won't pretend I can predict the outcome but personally I'd be willing to take that risk.
Con for the WiiM Amp: DAC not exactly on par with the WiiM Pro Plus, so replacing the Denon with a different higher quality amp-only device might yield even better results (at the expense of more clutter compared to WiiM Amp). It all depends on what you want.
If the source is a turntable on Line in or a TV via optical or HDMI, then you have to use the Amp's bluetooth out, not your phone.
The led is bright green when the source is a bluetooth device, not the output.
Thanks for making this clear. Officially, Denon only ever sold the bundle. But Hi-Fi Klubben - being the major player they are - might have had a separate deal or might have sold the speakers separately.
I've often wondered why the led isn't blue for bluetooth? Maybe it can't produce blue?
WiiM have said here or on their FB page that the LEDs it uses don’t support blue
When you turn on auto-sensing for WiiM amp, does it automatically switch inputs?
Ah, yes it does! I set it to WiFi for music. Shut down the app, shut down the amp. I then turned the amp back on, waited for the connect chime, turned on the app and it still said WiFi. Then I selected Netflix on the Apple TV and the app came on, but without the normal Netflix bong. The WiiM app still said WiFi. But by the time I had selected something to watch it had switched to optical and I was getting Apple TV sound. Nice.
I don't have a WiiM amp, but auto-sensing may not be perfect yet.
But then how do I get Apple TV on my tv. Would I plug the Apple TV hdmi into the regular hdmi on the tv, then the hdmi eArc into the WiiM amp for sound? I’m not sure how HDMI arc works. Is it hdmi out?I don't have a WiiM amp, but auto-sensing may not be perfect yet.
Even if you connect the WiiM amp to the ARC of your TV, it will switch automatically when you turn on the auto-sensing of the optical input. You might want to give it a try.
