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Raise the price to $199 and enable better design and performance. Their stuff looks to be aimed at the non-serious audio crowd. Cheap piece of doo doo.
Yes, target consumer is low budget music listener who does not care about specs or listen very critically. Dorm room, computer desk audio set up, frat party, family home theatre, teen, etc. For them a functional super bargain. For those of us who are audio enthusiasts, instead say hello to WiiM. It's new amp will blow this away, of course $200 more but you get amplification, competent DAC, streaming.In the dorm room of a party animal who has a pair of Behringer B2031a's with a Dayton sub and plays Death Metal and only Death Metal, this guy is the golden ticket.
I would reckon, that at 79 USD, the majority of available sound reproducing devices which offer just a single functionality (i.E DACs) may not perform in the fine/not terrible sections. There is some need to for quality that's reflected in the prices we pay.
This is a device is like a Swiss knife with tin blades in the Sahara, offering multiple functions / connections which may feed a great demand (but not in practise), just controlling dept. dictates a more than dissapointig technical performance (compared to what actually?) which may be not the worst we may see at that price point.
I also would like to see a better performance at that budget, but how and from whom? Objectively a failure with flying flags at a sweet price point.
Would a comparable device for 250-300 USD with an acceptable performance and full functionality meet the budget audio crowds requirements? I would think it's complicated ...
Amir, thanks you for the review!
Volume is digital. And that is correct on fr response.The FR graph could use some clarity, the flat response remains the same with sub out, correct? relatively flat? but the sub out had the sharp 24/db or more cutoff? Some folks would like that sharp drop, but probably only if the point were adjustable.
Does the volume pot have linear or audio taper?
They said they would send me one. May be here already but I need to finish testing older stuff. This unit was sent 3 months ago!
You can get a second hand Benchmark DAC2 HGC for US$1,000, which will do all this. It will be 10 years old but performance is still excellent.I'd love to see a modern proper version of an old school preamp with analogue/digital inputs, a decent headphone output and RCA and balanced outs with properly ample headroom and the possibility of eq perhaps in an add-on module for those that need it (in other words, an update on the Quad 44 modular concept?)
Would it sell enough? I suspect for posters here, such a product would be unnecessary but for me it'd be a godsend frankly with my motley sources. To do it properly outside of cheap far eastern labour may make it more expensive than an RME or Benchmark, which comes close I believe.
Not a ASR but someone posted some data on the WiiM Amp https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/my-wiim-amp-tests.1873/ and VintageFlanker did a review of the pro https://www.audiosciencereview.com/.../wiim-pro-review-measurements-streamer.42300/ The WiiM Amp and Pro/Plus from my understanding use the same chip for the ADC.. anyway just further reading if you haven't seen itHello @amirm , have you received a copy of the Wiim Amp? I am looking forward to that one.
Although it's likely OT, the WIIM AMP may have shown some issues when having his first round of tests/reviews iirc, and that is why it seems to be quite silent around this device since mid December. I would have actually expected a bigger buzz if the device would perform according to specs from day one.Thanks for the update, that’s very much appreciated.
The WiiM Amp is being cited as an industry game-changer. Your opinions, thoughts and measurements would be most welcome.
No, not at all. I already addressed this in another thread.Although it's likely OT, the WIIM AMP may have show some issues when having his first round of tests/reviews iirc, and that is why it seems to be quite silent around this device since mid December.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I didn't meant to suggest that you have it (and you have already written that you haven't), afaik some member of this forum already had their hands on this device.No, not at all. I already addressed this in another thread.
Wiim sent me the WiiM Pro during the summer and it sat here for a few months until I got a chance to test it. I think for that reason, they didn't ask me if I wanted the amp (and I didn't go ask either). In the WiiM pro review thread someone asked me if I had the amp and I said no. I think they saw that and reached out to me about 2 to 3 weeks ago if I wanted the amp. I said yes. They said there was a shortage but they would get me one in the new year. I have not checked but it may already be here (I don't open boxes until I am ready to review something).
So no, i have not tested the amp at all. Don't know if it is good, bad or indifferent. Please don't make up stories like this without facts.
I wonder if it is priced to 'sell out when youtube people say it is amazing' product. A quick search turned up a lot of titles with exclamation points on there.Raise the price to $199 and enable better design and performance. Their stuff looks to be aimed at the non-serious audio crowd. Cheap piece of doo doo.