FerengiROA
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I'd like to request Stevie Nicks, circa 1990.
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Already being listed here: https://www.hifiza.sk/wiim-pro-2/ for €249
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WiiM will announce the ProPlus soon and Roon Readiness will be delivered via an OTA update after that, hopefully in a matter of weeks.
Can't wait, finally we can experience the "velvet" AKM sound without breaking the bank with expensive DACs.
The last time I checked, even those AKM "hats" for RiP boards are more expensive than Pro+ itself but without all the convenience and features of Pro+, so I think the Pro+ will be another winner by Wiim!
There are inexpensive DACs with velvetsound line chips from AKM, like SMSL PO100 AK or SU-1.
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Velvet sound 
They were hardly going to call it corduroy were they, despite both deriving from the same weaving technique.
They were hardly going to call it corduroy were they, despite both deriving from the same weaving technique.
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And there are relatively expensive amps/streamers like those from Linn that use(d) AKM4493EQ DACs as well - those might even be what are used in my £3k Linn MDSM/4, but has been said before there’s more to DAC kit than just its core chip.
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Some might even argue that the chip itself isn't particulalry important at all.
There are a number of quite expensive, well regarded dacs that use 'old', M designation (mobile) chipsets.
We all want the latest, highest numbers for everything
There are a number of quite expensive, well regarded dacs that use 'old', M designation (mobile) chipsets.
We all want the latest, highest numbers for everything
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The power supply is external, so you can add one at your whim, though it will make a difference only in the imagination.
If it doesn’t make a difference, then it’s great news. More money saved with the new Pro+ path.
But lots of YouTubers and forums claim power supply make a HUGE difference, why is this the case?
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There are a lot of know-nothings out there. See ASR for science-based information on why this doesn’t make a difference.
Yes, but the answer was about the possibility to get a "velvetsound" solution already "without breaking the bank with expensive DACs", nothing more.
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If anything is missing from the Pro, and I understand it will be missing from the Pro+ as well, is the volume control (physical, analog) and the headphone jack. For the rest I think that at this price you really can't ask for more.
These two absences are actually quite annoying, but not to the point of causing its value to plummet.
These two absences are actually quite annoying, but not to the point of causing its value to plummet.
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I specified "physical", i.e. with a potentiometer
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Yeah, ok, "physical analog". I understand now
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No name calling allowed... !May be a simple knob is meant
