WiiM Amp discussion

[bcfc]

I don’t believe so. Where did you read this?

Because he dont receive one from the company wiim.

 

[flor]

Because he dont receive one from the company wiim.

That does not mean he’s not interested in reviewing it. It just means he does not have one to review.

 

[Inertiaman]

FWIW, there is currently inventory available at the Wiim Store on Amazon (U.S.) for ~ Jan 18 delivery.

 

[ninetylol]

Anyone got a replacement unit sent from support yet? They keep saying their warehouse have no stock

 

[JohnnyAbbati]

Anyone got a replacement unit sent from support yet? They keep saying their warehouse have no stock

Same for me (Germany)

 

[wilkman]

I also have an LG C9 and the WiiM Amp and it doesn't seem to support CEC power standby over HDMI. It doesn't automatically wake up from standby or go into sleep when my TV turns on or off. However, with both line in and optical auto sense enabled in the settings, the amp will automatically switch to HDMI ARC input after a few seconds of continuous audio playback on my TV. I put in a feature request for a more explicit HDMI auto sense option and also a CEC standby option and would ask that you please also file a ticket via the app.

Yes, with the optical auto sense the amp switches on to HDMI - could be a bit faster but it's fine for me right now. They also replied to my ticket and announced the following feature for next week: "enable your amp to automatically enter standby mode when your TV is switched off" - nice

 

[wilkman]

Looks like my buzzing WiiM Amp I received from Amazon US yesterday is: "PCB_version": "2". Either the fixed power supply is a future version, they didn't rev the version for this minor fix, or the power supply is versioned separately from the main PCB.

I also checked my PCB_Version - it's "PCB_version": "4". Not sure what this exactly means. There is coil whine but for now it's kind of "okay" - not sure if it will annoy me in future.

 

[onlyoneme]

I also checked my PCB_Version - it's "PCB_version": "4". Not sure what this exactly means. There is coil whine but for now it's kind of "okay" - not sure if it will annoy me in future.

You got this via http api? Interesting.

 

[wilkman]

You got this via http api? Interesting.

Yes, via Http API: WiiM_AMP", "Release": "20240104", "FW_Release_version": "", "PCB_version": "4",

 

[Jeromeof]

Yes, via Http API: WiiM_AMP", "Release": "20240104", "FW_Release_version": "", "PCB_version": "4",

I actually have:

"PCB_version": "2"

I haven't had too many problems though at least once when it was supposed to be in standby it got hot and was making audible noise that I could hear a couple of feet away, but I quickly rebooted and it was fine from then on. I also think with the latest firmware it is properly going into standby so staying cool.

 

[xSDMx]

I actually have:

"PCB_version": "2"

I haven't had too many problems though at least once when it was supposed to be in standby it got hot and was making audible noise that I could hear a couple of feet away, but I quickly rebooted and it was fine from then on. I also think with the latest firmware it is properly going into standby so staying cool.

Any buzzing or coil whine on your rev 2?

 

[Jeromeof]

Any buzzing or coil whine on your rev 2?

Well as I said one day it was buzzing relatively loud but that was an exception. But until the new firmware yesterday, it had a low level hum in standby (at least more of a hum than say some of the Fosi Audio TPA3255 Amp's that I have - though they have external power supplies).

 

[onlyoneme]

Three things that I could expect to be fixable via HW changes are the buzzing noise, the HF component presence on sub out and the overall performance at low frequencies. Curious if the new PCB_version has any improvements in these areas.

 

[Jack77]

and the dab+ remains of low quality and you can even find much better on compressed streams on the network (which is the meaning of such a streamer) ;-)

Sometimes just being able to listen to a station is more important than the quality offered.

 

[morillon]

Sometimes just being able to listen to a station is more important than the quality offered.

Of course...
but there is a good chance that the radio stations you want to listen to will be available in streaming...
;-)

 

[Prowler_88]

Received my amp earlier today. Streaming is working fine, but I have an issue with the HDMI ARC doesn’t produce any sound. The TV and Wiim are connected no problem (amp volume can be controlled via the TV remote) but absolute silence. Played around with the various settings on both but no joy.

Any ideas?

 

[xSDMx]

Received my amp earlier today. Streaming is working fine, but I have an issue with the HDMI ARC doesn’t produce any sound. The TV and Wiim are connected no problem (amp volume can be controlled via the TV remote) but absolute silence. Played around with the various settings on both but no joy.

Any ideas?

Did you force both the TV and your source to PCM and disable passthrough?

 

[Prowler_88]

I think so - played around with so many settings I gave up for now. Chucked the optical cable in and using that; sounds great.

 

[xSDMx]

My device arrived yesterday and I don’t even have to go into the web api to find out which version I have: it’s giving off a constant humming noise that’s easily audible from 1.5m away. That’s both on and in standby. Dang.

Although it would be interesting to see which pcb version you have! We now have some version 2 and version 4s reported that have humming.

 

[mskis]

Update on mine. I’ll be returning it to Amazon. Seems to have connectivity issues that my pi almost never has, buzzing (coil whine?), and radio paradise integration is less than optimal, which is one of our primary sources at home. Still randomly gets warm while sleep mode but that seems to be much improved since some firmware updates.