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Plus the Pro has four times the RAM and double the number of CPU cores, so will be able to support more features than the already crowded Mini…
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You can use virtual sensors and do much of that with WiIM’s existing Alexa integration using Alexa routines triggered by those virtual sensors. This can be done using Smartthings or IFTTT with Voicemonkey, Mkzense etc and is well known to experienced Alexa users. I don’t need to use things like Home Assistant but I’m sure there’s a similar mechanism there than could be pressed into use without any further development by WiiM.
Thank you for all your answers.
Can someone explains to me Chromecast feature.
If I don't have chromecast, all apps (tidal, spotify, apple music...) are integrated in wiim app and if I have chromecast, I can use each app on its own. No need for wiim app.
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Another possible consideration is the fact the Pro is set to be Roon Ready soon, according to Wiim, whereas the Mini does not have the required RAM or processing power, as far as I am aware, and will never have Roon Ready status.
I don't use Roon at the moment, but may in the future if I build up a big enough library of downloaded/ripped music.
Also, the option of coax and optical out means I can connect to my AVR as well as my DAC (I don't actually, but might in the future).
I think they are both phenomenal value for money.
I don't use Roon at the moment, but may in the future if I build up a big enough library of downloaded/ripped music.
Also, the option of coax and optical out means I can connect to my AVR as well as my DAC (I don't actually, but might in the future).
I think they are both phenomenal value for money.
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Yes, I installed the Roon endpoint on a small Linux box just to test it out. It's an incredibly bloated pig, requiring the entire .NET runtime (ported to Linux). Squeezelite and Spotify Connect, which do essentially the same thing for their services, are tiny, efficient and written by far better coders, IMO. Roon would do well to hire a small team that knows how to write efficient code.
If you don't have Chromecast then you have to use Wiims streaming apps which are not the same as your phones apps. They might be OK, but usually phones app are better. When using Chromecast you use your phones app and Chromecast makes it play on Wiim.
Wiim site states that it is finally available for preorder on Amazon (eu) but it is not anymore...OK
Understood.
I will have to decide how to proceed? Maybe I will buy Pro version.
When is available in EU.
Audiophonics FR still says 9.3.2023.
Interesting.
Now I see that it's listed on Amazon:
Out of stock. Maybe it was sold out immediatelly, or has this status from the beginning.
Now I see that it's listed on Amazon:
Out of stock. Maybe it was sold out immediatelly
, or has this status from the beginning.
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I’d say you only need to use Chromecast when the phone’s streaming app doesn’t have a “cast” mechanism - Tidal has Connect, as has Spotify, while Amazon Music has AlexaCast. Chromecast is useful for Qobuz which doesn’t yet have a casting protocol although one is supposedly in development. And to be fair, access streaming services thru the WiiM app isn’t bad just perhaps not as feature rich as the phone apps, but the quality can be just as good.
Chromecast is also often not as feature-rich as native apps. In particular, gapless playback is typically lacking – although it is apparently possible to implement, it requires additional effort and many vendors don't bother. Besides that, there are features like fading, sleep timers etc. that don't often work with Chromecast receivers, and queuing behavior can be different.
In my case I need it for Deezer
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Yeah, I understand Deezer’s Connect mechanism is more like remote control of another Deezer app running on another device which isn’t compatible with WiiM devices which aren’t running the Deezer app just an api interface to Deezer.
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now deezer works seamlessly and seamlessly in "hifi 44/16" mode with mini -pro wiim home...
as a reminder, there are problems even with an audio chromecast and the native deezer application precisely on the gapless and.. sending in "hifi" mode...lost in "cast"....
and for the moment I regret not having any real feedback on the deezer app and the pro in chromecast... if still these worries?
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Any sign of the PEQ yet with the Pro? I still just have a Mini and waiting for the Pro to become available in Europe but mostly just for more control over Frequency Response. If it turns out to be not great I might just wait a few months (as mostly pretty happy with the Wiim Mini)
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ask...
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but ... if you do not want to be frustrated by a reality that does not correspond to the answer ...
better not to ask such questions
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As to the Mini never having Roon Ready status, WiiM seemed to warm to the idea of producing a Roon Ready version of the Mini, dropping other features so they could accommodate it. Rather than giving themselves a potential engineering headache, I think they should pour cold water on that rather harebrained scheme and just say that if you want Roon Ready, the same as if you want Ethernet or Chromecast etc, just buy a Pro. At times they appear to be over keen to please rather than just saying no…
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