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WiiM Pro - Review & Measurements (Streamer)
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nanook
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Only WiiM knows, but the WiiM Pro and WiiM Pro Plus share the identical PCB and housing, so I'd expect them to be the same.
The Ultra has a different housing, so the acoustic side is different and will lead to slight differences in the kHz region.
I am currently trying to decide to buy the Mini or the Pro (or raspberry pi + spdif hat). I just bought a Marantz 6007, and want to buy a streamer to feed a digital signal into it. Some reviews on youtube mention that the spdif output on the mini sounds crap compared to the one of the Pro. I would think data is data, but then words like jitter get thrown in and now im confused ...
Were the measured results of the Mini (i see you also reviewed it in 2022) any different versus the ones from the Pro? Should i just buy the Mini or go with the Pro? If there is a difference, i will shell out the cash, but i dont want to buy snake oil.
Were the measured results of the Mini (i see you also reviewed it in 2022) any different versus the ones from the Pro? Should i just buy the Mini or go with the Pro? If there is a difference, i will shell out the cash, but i dont want to buy snake oil.
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The spdif output of the wiim mini is without complaint. This is evidenced by both measurements and direct comparison with other streaming receivers. On the other hand, I would personally choose the wiim pro because it is more versatile. For example, it can work as a squeezelite receiver.
If connecting digitally there is no difference between mini and pro. That nonsense about jitter is just more audiophile FUD. In the test here, Toslink out achieved 140dB plus of SINAD, just as it should.
Consider the pro though, if you might want to take advantage of the PEQ room correction. I would.
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I also don't think that there is a difference regarding optical or coaxial digital connection - I don't hear a difference.
I have both, the Mini and the Pro.
The Pro is always in my main system; beside room correction I like its coaxial digital out, because I had only that available on my DAC. I'm not using it, but coaxial lineout is nice as well.
The Mini is my travel companion, be it in my house in other rooms if needed, or when I'm really travelling.
So both have their Pros & Cons...
squeezewhat? I am only going to use spotify connect, and maybe airplay.
nanook
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That's a really good point. I did decide for the Pro mainly because it has more resources (CPU and memory). I thought that the Pro might be able to support future features that the Mini might not.
Now I'm using the PEQ for room correction with both of my setups (yes, the speakers / speaker positioning does have flaws ;-) ) and I do not want to miss this feature anymore. I used REW with UMIK-1 in the end and I've not yet arrived at my personal "house curve", but even using the built-in room-correction with an external mic was already a big step forward to get the tonality right.
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