The situation is complicated with the digital input etc....Link is dead.
$299 sounds reasonable and makes me second guess buying the Fosi V3 monos
WiiM Vibelink Amp vs. WiiM Amp Pro:I had pointed out early on that it could be for reasons of development etc savings...a simplified pro amp, but inflated in voltage/power... ??
let's see for analog input (to be monitored) and volume management ?
;-)
but not class2 like amp pro ;-) ( problem with ana input ....?)
I'm also willing to bet you, that the analog input is not digitized.I don't know for sure, of course, but I'm willing to take that risk.
Bummer, feel so sorry for your mum. $29 above what you'd be willing to spend for her.Surely it will sell, at a pricepoint of 260 usd or so. Heck, then I'll buy one for my mother for tv duties.
That remote seen at Bristol must be the second-gen remote mentioned in the WiiM Home App remote pairing screen for WiiM Ultra.Looks like no remote:
Package Contents
Use Guider *1
Power Cable *1
RCA Cable *1
Optical Cable *1
Banana Plugs *4
The volume dial is for all the people using the touch screen on the WiiM Ultra, they must be skinnier than I with all that walking!So if there is no remote included, then to use an Ultra as the preamp, I would use the analog outputs on the Ultra and use the variable output on the Ultra with the VIbelink volume at max.
WiiM Vibelink Amp vs. WiiM Amp Pro:
... sorry, but I don't see any PCB or component in the Vibelink Amp stemming directly from the Amp Pro. It's "simplified" only in the sense of reduced features, but by no means a simplified version.
- All different case work and outer dimensions
- Different volume knob operation (with fixed min. and max. position on the Vibelink)
- Different inputs, different outputs, different speaker terminals
- No streaming module on the Vibelink
- Different placement of inputs and outputs on the back and
- (as you mentioned) different max. output voltage and power
I'm also willing to bet you, that the analog input is not digitized.I don't know for sure, of course, but I'm willing to take that risk.
Or you can use speakers with 6 or 10 dB higher efficiency (depending on the doubling of the physical sound pressure level or the psychoacoustically perceived volume doubling) as well as the corresponding diaphragm area and equivalent displacement volume.I'm very sure I don't have to tell you that you need ~10 times the wattage for twice the loudness.
The only potentially audible improvement I think would be the lack of load dependency for the Vibelink versus the Amp. Of course, you can also just get the Amp Pro if that's a concern.Would you say that the improvement could be audible compared to the normal WiiM Amp?
Room is pretty small and the listening distance is about 1,50 m. I'm using a pair of KEF LS50 Meta.
So the scenario would be WiiM Vibelink + WiiM Ultra vs. WiiM Amp.