WiiM Ultra Firmware v5.2.708441 - Feb 22, 2025

[Skull]

Be patient young padawan! I’m on same boat as you are wanted to get it on the fly.

Ain’t been called young in nearly 60 years thanks for that

 

[EddNog]

New VU Meter, can anyone show a picture of the new one?

 

[hgo58]

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Thanks. And still with completely wrong scale. This is a VU meter for a power amplifier output. Not a digital pre-amp input. Must be with max at 0 dBFS.

@RyanWithWiiM Why don't @WiiM Team listen?

And a very disappointing design. Don't match the rest of the look and feel. Wait! There are no look and feel.

 

[Peter aston]

Thanks. And still with completely wrong scale. This is a VU meter for a power amplifier output. Not a digital pre-amp input. Must be with max at 0 dBFS.

@RyanWithWiiM Why don't @WiiM Team listen?

And a very disappointing design. Don't match the rest of the look and feel. Wait! There are no look and feel.

Absolutely amazing 3 different colours of the same thing how will I ever choose

 

[hgo58]

Absolutely amazing 3 different colours of the same thing how will I ever choose

Don't. It's showing the wrong thing anyway

 

[Peter aston]

Don't. It's showing the wrong thing anyway

How long have people been waiting for this and we get different colours wow

 

[hgo58]

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I know that this is low priority compared to the sound functionalities but when the device have a screen, why not use it in a professional way.

A good looking device with an attractive screen is both a sales argument and giving the owner the same kind of satisfaction as nice cables and things like that.

 

[Joseespona]

I was hoping for a retro vu meter but we just got a color change of the old one with the same behaviour . I hope that they read us and at least they tweak it to make it more functional (that +10db thingy drives me nuts)

 

[Peter aston]

I was hoping for a retro vu meter but we just got a color change of the old one with the same behaviour . I hope that they read us and at least they tweak it to make it more functional (that +10db thingy drives me nuts)

Same for me

 

[hgo58]

I was hoping for a retro vu meter but we just got a color change of the old one with the same behaviour . I hope that they read us and at least they tweak it to make it more functional (that +10db thingy drives me nuts)

They could at least have added a bit of 3D to the needle and edges.

The most disappointing thing is however the wrong scale and no option to show input signal level (after pre-gain but before EQ).

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

You can slide the 12 Presets around to the order you want. Just as you can with a playlist.

I can't see how to do that.

Care to expand?

Cheers.

 

[hgo58]

I can't see how to do that.

Care to expand?

Cheers.

In Presets "See all" - "Edit" on the right side you can drag up or down.

You will need latest firmware update or the Beta version for new Radio Paradise.

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

In Presets "See all" - "Edit" on the right side you can drag up or down.

You will need latest firmware update or the Beta version for new Radio Paradise.

I get all that, but I get to that stage and I can't drag them up or down.

 

[hgo58]

I get all that, but I get to that stage and I can't drag them up or down.

You don't have the 3 lines on the right side of each entry?

 

[harkpabst]

I totally and completely don't care about VU meters. At all.

Just a short note, so WiiM continue to set the right priorities.

 

[hgo58]

I totally and completely don't care about VU meters. At all.

Just a short note, so WiiM continue to set the right priorities.

It's clear that they have been created with low priority.

But they are there, so why not make them useful for the people that do care, when spending time on it at all?

 

[harkpabst]

It's clear that they have been created with low priority.

But they are there, so why not make them useful for the people that do care, when spending time on it at all?

I totally get your point and I can follow that line of thought. For most it's just a gimmick. They care about a nice retro look, not about something useful. Right now, WiiM don't please any of both camps.

 

[Peter aston]

It's clear that they have been created with low priority.

But they are there, so why not make them useful for the people that do care, when spending time on it at all?

Exactly they shouldn't promise better vu meters and after months of waiting give people colour changes better to do leave as was

 

[EddNog]

I feel a spectrum analyzer view would be more useful than power/volume VU.

Maybe two options, one for before-EQ/RC and one for after EQ/RC.

-Ed

 

[hgo58]

I totally get your point and I can follow that line of thought. For most it's just a gimmick. They care about a nice retro look, not about something useful. Right now, WiiM don't please any of both camps.

I actually try to use it for adjusting the analog input from a tape recorder. For now I have to turn the Amp off, turn the volume full up and then I see the meter go to around +5 dB at max. I don't know why that value is max or if it represents the volume when all bits are 1? If it does, the scale should show 0 dBFS.

What I need is the measures of the input, after pre-gain, on the dBFS scale and ideally with an indication of max sample value reached (should never happen).

I don't use the meter for anything else, as then it is just something that moves when I play.
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