WiiM Pro Streamer

[TimW]

Is anyone else having this issue? When I use Tidal connect with the Wiim Pro, Tidal will disconnect from the Wiim and just start playing the song on my phone. It happens often if I'm using my phone but might go several songs if I just leave the phone alone. Very annoying since I have to reconnect with the app while the song stops and then press play again.

 

[Bernard23]

Ye olde Sonos Connect physical comparison next to WiiM Pro. Only “advantage” Connect has is its built-in power supply, which of course also means if the power supply blows, the entire device is bricked. My Sonos gear is now collecting dust.

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Only half way through this thread, but had to pick up on this!
I'm using a connect that I picked up for £20, I'm streaming sonos and Roon (qobuz and media library), latter with a crude DSP room correction setting. The Connect is acting as a network player only, its optical into a separate DAC. I'm struggling to see what benefits I'll get from a Wiim Mini or Pro, other than hi res from qobuz, and maybe still having to use more than one app controller?
Apologies if the answers are later in the thread!

 

[SKBubba]

Better source material sounds usually better, yes. But you need to have good speakers to hear that. Spotify is at best 320 kbits, no matter how you play it. Its a lossy streaming alternative, and it should be for free.

Worse sounding of all is lossy Spotify combined with bluetooth = You get -1 -1 = -3.

But, my dac shows spotify playing at 16/44.1, same as CD! Right?

/snark

 

[Turambar]

Right, but with a much smaller bit rate, that is where the compression takes place.

 

[SKBubba]

Right, but with a much smaller bit rate, that is where the compression takes place.

I was kidding. I see that all the time about spotify. Including speculation they secretly rolled out hifi without telling anyone because my dac shows 16/44.1!

 

[Tangband]

I was kidding. I see that all the time about spotify. Including speculation they secretly rolled out hifi without telling anyone because my dac shows 16/44.1!

16/ 44,1 in this case stands for 256 Kbit/s, and Im not laughing. You shouldnt pay for this service.

 

[dimitrig]

Received my Wiim Pro about a week ago and so far is seems fairly solid. I am coming from an older Bluesound Node the bricked on me. Overall, the experience is fairly similar, but I do have a couple of questions. (p.s., I am using the optical into a Schiit Modius DAC)

1. Does anyone know the bitrate of the Radio Paradise app? Most streaming sounds clearer than the node, but Radio Paradise seems less clear.
2. The Tunein radio app keeps locking the screen and I can't leave the station without a hard restart. Anyone else have this experience?
3. I stream from a local NAS, Tidal, and Amazon Music, and have not had the experience noted above of the app sending me to some random song.

I have the same issue with Tunein. However, I had it with the Tunein App as well prior to using a Wiim. It doesn’t always happen but it happens often enough to be annoying.

 

[dimitrig]

How does one change the Wifi network? The only way I can find to do this is to do a complete reset back to factory settings. There must be a better way.

 

[onlyoneme]

16/ 44,1 in this case stands for 256 Kbit/s, and Im not laughing. You shouldnt pay for this service.

It can be up to 320 kbps actually. And I pay for this service.

 

[Romario]

Audiophonics.fr states that WiiM pro would be available between 2 and 9. February.

You can order ot now, but takes another week to deliver.

 

[sajgre]

You can order ot now, but takes another week to deliver.

I ordered it a few days back.

 

[onlyoneme]

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NAD’s affordable CS1 Endpoint Network Streamer lets you add music streaming capability to any stereo or home-theatre system. Or you can configure a low-footprint music system for your den or home office by connecting the CS1 to a pair of powered speakers.

nadelectronics.com

Seems to be a Pro clone.

 

[Brantome]

CS1 - NAD Electronics

NAD’s affordable CS1 Endpoint Network Streamer lets you add music streaming capability to any stereo or home-theatre system. Or you can configure a low-footprint music system for your den or home office by connecting the CS1 to a pair of powered speakers.

nadelectronics.com

Seems to be a Pro clone.

But no mention of Qobuz nor Amazon Music that even the mini supports…

 

[onlyoneme]

But no mention of Qobuz nor Amazon Music that even the mini supports…

According to some information available it's going to be no native application for the device, so everything controlled via third party ones using Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, UPnP, Roon, AirPlay or Chromecast.

 

[MCH]

CS1 - NAD Electronics

NAD’s affordable CS1 Endpoint Network Streamer lets you add music streaming capability to any stereo or home-theatre system. Or you can configure a low-footprint music system for your den or home office by connecting the CS1 to a pair of powered speakers.

nadelectronics.com

Seems to be a Pro clone.

Pricewise, in EU at least, i wish them good luck...

 

[onlyoneme]

Pricewise, in EU at least, i wish them good luck...
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Well, it's from big and famous audio equipment manufacturer, so it can be still considered as a very reasonable priced device.

BTW, "It also has full MQA rendering and decoding capability for playing master quality music from Tidal." so it can justify the higher price.

 

[CT Man]

How does one change the Wifi network? The only way I can find to do this is to do a complete reset back to factory settings. There must be a better way.

Hold the "Play" button about 3 seconds until the LED light blinks (or turns off if that's your setting). It's now in setup mode. Open the WiiM app and select the device for setup. Your previous settings will still be there but the app will take you through the initial setup sequence. It's kludgy but it works. I think it would be better to be able to change the network from Device Settings > Network Status > Wi-Fi Name

 

[Grovkalle]

Is anyone else having this issue? When I use Tidal connect with the Wiim Pro, Tidal will disconnect from the Wiim and just start playing the song on my phone. It happens often if I'm using my phone but might go several songs if I just leave the phone alone. Very annoying since I have to reconnect with the app while the song stops and then press play again.

I had the same issue with both my Wiim Mini AND also my Bluesound Node N130. Try uninstalling and reinstalling the Tidal app.

 

[Videopac]

Pricewise, in EU at least, i wish them good luck...
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It all depends on availability. For now, the Wiim Pro looks like vaporware, at least in Europe...

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

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