Yup, here they are:
No problem. You can do that too.
Dude, your are amazing.
And the specs. shown for the Denon reminded me that it's a 7.1, for what it's worth.
I'm afraid I don't have the S/N spec. Zapper.
WiiM Mini Review (Streamer)
This is a review and detailed measurements of the WiiM Mini Wifi/Bluetooth streamer. It is on kind loan from a member and is on sale on Amazon for US $89. As you can see the former factor is a "hockey puck." An included phone charger needs to be used to power the unit over USB-C. It did not...
The WiiM's DAC isn't impressive by today's technical standards, but those standards far exceeded most of our hearing a long time ago. It's fine by any reasonable standard. And what is the S/N of your tube preamp? Worse than the WiiM probably.
Spend $84 and try it out! If you don't find the DAC good enough you can use the bit-perfect optical output into the DAC of your choice later.
FWIW I am using 3 WiiM minis, two with optical out and one with analog out. Personally I can't tell the difference
No, you won't. No external dac needed.
Thanks again Man. I appreciate your candor. Just found a new one of 99.00.
At 4.5 stars average and 1500 ratings, I can tell you from years of experience as a seller on Amazon that yes, they could all be wrong.
Kemmler3D, I cannot express my gratitude for all of your help, and patience dealing with an old newbie such as myself. I'll be sure to let you know how it went. How do I find you when the time comes?At 4.5 stars average and 1500 ratings, I can tell you from years of experience as a seller on Amazon that yes, they could all be wrong.
another option in case you haven't pulled the trigger, see if you can find a second hand "google audio", you just power in, optical out or rca out depending on cable, connect it to your wifi, then cast from any digital source, it works seamlessly, I've got the whole fancy dac / streamer setups but still have 3x google audio's wired in and they're just faultless up to 24/96, which is what most lossless are giving.
I recently replaced my Chromecast Audios with WiiM Minis because of sporadic but persistent dropouts of Spotify over Chromecast. I couldn't figure out the problem - there are many links where it could go wrong - but Spotify played without issue on several other types of devices. Wherever the problem occurred it was specific to the Chromecast Audios.
It'll be spotify or your wireless, my kids sometimes get drop outs with spotify.
Great deal, they usually flip for 3-4x original retail price now, hard to come by as you can get 24/96 lossless flac out the things and they're tiny.
Spotify streamed fine on two phones, a Yamaha soundbar with Spotify Connect, and a couple of Rokus, all on the same wifi. The WiiMs have been flawless. Basic diagnostics of wifi and ISP are healthy. So whatever the problem it's specific to the CCAs.
No thanks! The relative lack of wires is a key benefit of these mini streamers.
One CCA was 6 feet from the router and it dropped out the same as the others. Besides, this dropout problem started in February and my network hardware has been the same for several years.
I'm skeptical. The reviews of blind testing suggest that very few people can detect the difference between 320kbs and full Redbook, and even fewer can distinguish between Redbook and high-rez. Maybe you are one of the few but I'm not. My own ABX test indicates I can't distinguish either case. So I see no reason to be dissatisfied with Spotify just to get more bits than I can hear.
I'll put them up for sale when I get some free time.
wonder if there's different versions of them, mine have been flawless for a few years now with daily use (as other's have experienced, hence them going up in price when discontinued) - odd.
