WiiM Ultra to Philips MFB544

[Toine]

Hi all.
I’m having a 45 year old Philips MFB544 speaker system with built in amplifier. A beautiful system they made back in the 70s, with an incredible sound. I want to connect the analog output from WiiM Ultra to the analog input of these speakers, connect an old record player to the phono input of the WiiM and use the volume control from WiiM Ultra to control the volume. Is this possible? To use Volume control from WiiM Ultra to control the volume output of the analog out signal?
Thanks for your help!

 

[Burnside]

Entirely possible. Select the appropriate line out level for your speakers (or start with 1Vrms and adjust it up or down as required), set the speaker volume right down, set the WiiM volume to its max, and then adjust the speaker volume to the loudest you may ever want. Leave it at that, then use the WiiM volume control to adjust the volume back to your normal listening level.

 

[Toine]

Entirely possible. Select the appropriate line out level for your speakers (or start with 1Vrms and adjust it up or down as required), set the speaker volume right down, set the WiiM volume to its max, and then adjust the speaker volume to the loudest you may ever want. Leave it at that, then use the WiiM volume control to adjust the volume back to your normal listening level.

Great! Thanks!! Now I’m sure I’m going to order the WiiM Ultra. New streaming options, my record player connected, and everything connected to an old set of active MFB speakers.
Thank you for your reply!

 

[harkpabst]

I’m having a 45 year old Philips MFB544 speaker system with built in amplifier.

Good old times when Philips still was an electronics company that could and would develop and make almost everything.

As an audio brand, Philips was hardly ever really "cool" or even "high end", but it's incredible how much engineering power they had. Nowadays they just license the Philips logo to electronics products. So sad.

 

[Toine]

Good old times when Philips still was an electronics company that could and would develop and make almost everything.

As an audio brand, Philips was hardly ever really "cool" or even "high end", but it's incredible how much engineering power they had. Nowadays they just license the Philips logo to electronic products.

So true! My 48 year old Philips AF877 recordplayer is still original and also still spinning records as if wants to go on for another 48 years. Until late 70’s Philips made incredible good products. And later their compact disc off course