Wiim Mini - Grouping vs Optical reliability

[Red Bear]

Hi all,

This is to “complain” about inconsistence of Devices Grouping. I found Optical cable link is more reliable. Here’s my gears & configurations:
1. I have Amp Pro, and Mini (for Airplay); I use both Apple Music and Qobuz
2. Preferred setup: use Amp Pro for Qobuz and Mini for AMusic (then connect devices via Toslink). For this, I have no dropouts (need to resume AMusic) or silence (Mini and AM keep playing but no sound). In short: perfect, but need to switch devices
3. Troublesome setup: I found that I can use grouping, in which Mini will be leader and broadcast signal to Amp Pro (via wifi). Advantages are better bandwidth (wifi 6), unified streaming source (Mini can stream both Qobuz (Connect) and Apple Music (Airplay)), and no optical cable needed. Perfect world. But, there’s always a “but”, I experienced dropped music (Mini and AM stop playing) or even worse, a deadly silence although AM and Mini are still playing.
My questions:
- Are those issues addressed by WiiM team? And if so, what is the solution?
- I assume maybe Mini is too weak. Should Pro Plus solve the issue since it’s much more powerful?
- I love Apple Music, and Amp Pro. Any solution for Airplay? I play via iPhone.

Thanks!

 

[Burnside]

Re your dropout issue, raise a ticket to WiiM via the more/feedback section in the app so they can inspect your device logs for clues.

Re airplay suggestions for the Amp Pro, you’re already using a couple of suggested solutions in that you are using a WiiM Mini physically linked or grouped with the Amp Pro. Others have used other airplay capable devices similarly cabled. This post suggests a few software based solutions

Thread 'AirConnect: Send audio to UPnP/Sonos/Chromecast players using AirPlay'

Aug 30, 2024

Didn't quite know which subforum to post this in, so general thoughts it is...

AirConnect is a package developed by philippe44 who is pretty well known in LMS circles for his 'bridge' plugins which allow the transfer of audio between different protocols. This particular bridge allows UPnP devices (like WiiM devices) to appear as Airplay 1 endpoints so may be of interest to those who want lossless CD quality transmission from Apple Music, or indeed for those who want a certain recent WiiM device (I'll let you guess which one ) to appear as an Airplay target. Note that as it's only...

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