Wiim pro is downsampling Tidal to 48

douglasmorgen

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I'm using Tidal connect to a wiim pro. When I stream through musiccast to my Yamaha A2A I get the full 24/96 signal. When I stream to the wiim pro and then to my yamaha A2a through coax I get 48kz. When I set fixed it upsamples to 192. WTF the Wiim pro is clearly downsampling Tidal and since I have a decent system it sounds like shit.
 
I'm using Tidal connect to a wiim pro. When I stream through musiccast to my Yamaha A2A I get the full 24/96 signal. When I stream to the wiim pro and then to my yamaha A2a through coax I get 48kz. When I set fixed it upsamples to 192. WTF the Wiim pro is clearly downsampling Tidal and since I have a decent system it sounds like shit.
What if you start the Tidal streaming from within the WiiM Home App? The WiiM don't resample unless you have configured it.

PS: The bad language you use will not help you in this forum.
 
Why would I use the wiim home app when the interface is about the same as Musiccast? Why is Wiim downsampling their Tidal Connect integration?
 
In the WiiM home app audio settings for your device, what have you set the coax output resolution to and did you run thru playing the test signal when setting that resolution to affirm that your Yamaha’s coax input supports that resolution? Ignore the fixed resolution switch unless you want to upsample which I guess you don’t.

Similarly, in the Tidal app settings, audio & playback, what WiFi streaming quality have you chosen?
 
Why would I use the wiim home app when the interface is about the same as Musiccast? Why is Wiim downsampling their Tidal Connect integration?
We are trying to help you if you calm down. That is why I want to know if you also see the down sampling when starting from within the WiiM Home App.

If you don't want help and just want to complain, then ok
 
Why are you fools all gaslighting me it's a known problem Tidal, Wiim, and you know there's an issue just say that.
 
I use Tidal Connect with many wiim devices that are connected to external dacs over optical, coax and usb.
I don't have any issues with the dacs reporting the original sample rate of the source tidal track.
The only time it maxes out at 48khz (and this is the expected behaviour) is when the wiims are in a wiim group.

"When fools speak the wise listen, but when the wise speak fools argue."
 
I use Tidal Connect with many wiim devices that are connected to external dacs over optical, coax and usb.
I don't have any issues with the dacs reporting the original sample rate of the source tidal track.
The only time it maxes out at 48khz (and this is the expected behaviour) is when the wiims are in a wiim group.

"When fools speak the wise listen, but when the wise speak fools argue."
Why does it sample at 48 when you're in a group?
 
My assumption is to limit bandwidth and ensure synchronisation.
Imagine the amount of data flying around at 192khz for a large group of wiims.
It's not that... the most that 8 wiims streaming 192 is like 70 Mbps there must be other reasons. Actually I know what their product managers probably said they're like it's all getting the same song why drain our bandwidth. I need to be in all these product meetings.
 
By the way the reason is that wiim downsamples to 48 when your wiim is part of a group of wiims for some reason
 
As a first tome poster… I encourage you to be respectful to hope to get your questions answered.
This is a relatively anonymous Internet forum I thought I was very respectful considering plus we got to the bottom of Wiim groups always streaming at 48 it's a huge success.
 
It's not that... the most that 8 wiims streaming 192 is like 70 Mbps there must be other reasons. Actually I know what their product managers probably said they're like it's all getting the same song why drain our bandwidth. I need to be in all these product meetings.
perhaps it is not as simple as it sounds.

192 kHz playback in multi-room has been on the roadmap for a long time, but it is one feature that has not yet been realised. It is true that the Team has been looking into this and I think it is technically possible.

As has already been said, it is likely that they are operating at a safer sample rate because of drop, noise and sync issues. There may also be issues with CPU processing power.
 
It's not that... the most that 8 wiims streaming 192 is like 70 Mbps there must be other reasons. Actually I know what their product managers probably said they're like it's all getting the same song why drain our bandwidth. I need to be in all these product meetings.
Perhaps you should go start your own rival company. I’m sure it will be wildly successful.
 
This is a relatively anonymous Internet forum I thought I was very respectful considering plus we got to the bottom of Wiim groups always streaming at 48 it's a huge success.

That’s not a discovery. It’s a known fact - WiiM groups peak at 48kHz, and so do GoogleCast groups. You simply benefited from the knowledge of others who were kind enough to reply to your foul/worded post. I hope that going forward you show respect posting properly written posts, and become a respected member yourself.
 
Why are you fools all gaslighting me it's a known problem Tidal, Wiim, and you know there's an issue just say that.
I’d echo what my colleagues have said - accusing someone of gaslighting you when they ask for further information which you don’t bother to provide isn’t how this forum operates. It was fortunate that @Mr Ee guessed what the issue was as you gave no indication that you were grouping WiiM devices: on the contrary, you provided misleading information by saying you were using Tidal connect to a single wiim pro.

Hopefully for any further queries you’ll park your abrasive manner and be more respectful.
 
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