I bought one a few days ago..absolutely fantastic little music machine.. I have many album files charged on 32 Go usb sticks, and the Usb port in the back of the Wiim Ultra works perflectly with a super quality sound ( commands on the smartphone using their WiimHome app )...these guys are very gifted..félicitations we say in French..!
Today i tried another option, using my Smsl PL 200 cd reader plugged as line in to the Wiim Ultra..line out is sent to a Luxman class A amplifier and a pair of Cornwall IV speakers.. The precision and the dynamics of the delivered sound are outstanding...an atomic music machine..!
Got the ultra paired with S2000MKiii and a B&W ASW610 sub. Insane sound quality, was happy with the sound already but now I feel it's like I got a whole new system. App is fast and flawless as well!
In my case more open and more detailed. Very clean and controlled sound. Great EQ and sub out options. Do check the input sensitivity of the line in of the M40's. By default it's set at 2 Vrms which was too high for my setup (800 mVrms) Although no distortion or clipping at 2Vrms, it didn't sound smooth with a bit harsh mids. Setting it back at 1 Vrms gave a more smooth sound.
I had one for a week. Sent it back. First, sometimes I had artwork, more times not. Second the app on my Mac Book Pro would stay open for maybe 20 seconds. Now it will not even open. And help? Nope Sound was good. But it was the art work I wanted to see.
Hi are u rca stereo cable from WiiM ultra into Marantz avr or optical from WiiM ultra into marantz avr, I wonder if u tried both with your avr, I haven’t tried with optical into my Denon avr. WiiM ultra b cool, hopefully double power of WiiM amp pro
I was thinking of giving the ultra a shot. However, the fact I'm using a very similar Sabre DAC on my arcam avr20 (+matching power amps). The difference in sound quality is likely only to be negligible One question I would like to ask... when connecting to tidal, did you happen to notice if the connection was over Chromecast, or was the connection actually on 'tidal connect'? Cheers BTW, you have a nice aura in the way you deliver the information 🎉
Thanks for this review. Do you recommand a streamer like this for home theater ? Which sound mode do you use ? Stereo ? Auro 2D-3D ? Multichannel stereo ? I have only cinema 40 (tidal connect) and 5.1.2 system (Kef meta) Is the measurements are only for stereo ? What about A1 maestro or nexus about that ?
I bought one a few days ago..absolutely fantastic little music machine..
I have many album files charged on 32 Go usb sticks, and the Usb port in the back of the Wiim Ultra works perflectly with a super quality sound ( commands on the smartphone using their WiimHome app )...these guys are very gifted..félicitations we say in French..!
@@THOMAS89450 agree im obsessed👌
Today i tried another option, using my Smsl PL 200 cd reader plugged as line in to the Wiim Ultra..line out is sent to a Luxman class A amplifier and a pair of Cornwall IV speakers..
The precision and the dynamics of the delivered sound are outstanding...an atomic music machine..!
@@THOMAS89450 nice👌
Is it possible to connect an external drive with a capacity of 2 TB?
@ you can but why when you can stream anything?
Got the ultra paired with S2000MKiii and a B&W ASW610 sub. Insane sound quality, was happy with the sound already but now I feel it's like I got a whole new system. App is fast and flawless as well!
@@rdolle990 agree i just love them👌🍾
I'm seriously considering the Q Acoustics M40 powered speakers paired with this wiim ultra. I'd love to know the sound quality on that setup
@@themarksmanABP im sure it will be fire👌
In my case more open and more detailed. Very clean and controlled sound. Great EQ and sub out options. Do check the input sensitivity of the line in of the M40's. By default it's set at 2 Vrms which was too high for my setup (800 mVrms) Although no distortion or clipping at 2Vrms, it didn't sound smooth with a bit harsh mids. Setting it back at 1 Vrms gave a more smooth sound.
@@rdolle990 yes and i do agree with your findings 👌
Nice video.
Waiting for wiim amp video.
@@deeprajsingh2703 up next👌
I had one for a week. Sent it back. First, sometimes I had artwork, more times not. Second the app on my Mac Book Pro would stay open for maybe 20 seconds. Now it will not even open. And help? Nope Sound was good. But it was the art work I wanted to see.
@@kevinfeeley8406 weird, i have had zero issues.
I use an EverSolo A6-ME and it sounds wonderful! $1400 US!
@@willgatlin8229 i still need to get my hands on a Eversolo👌
Hi are u rca stereo cable from WiiM ultra into Marantz avr or optical from WiiM ultra into marantz avr, I wonder if u tried both with your avr, I haven’t tried with optical into my Denon avr.
WiiM ultra b cool, hopefully double power of WiiM amp pro
@@chronicconditions5855 i tried both and both works👍
Please make a video of sound quality comparison of
(wiim ultra) VS
(A Laptop or PC as a streamer + budget DAC of ESS ES9038Q2M chip)
@@deeprajsingh2703 ill look into it👌
I was thinking of giving the ultra a shot. However, the fact I'm using a very similar Sabre DAC on my arcam avr20 (+matching power amps). The difference in sound quality is likely only to be negligible
One question I would like to ask... when connecting to tidal, did you happen to notice if the connection was over Chromecast, or was the connection actually on 'tidal connect'? Cheers
BTW, you have a nice aura in the way you deliver the information 🎉
@@Totalplonker thank you, i cant comment as i have not used Arcam. I used the Wiim app.
When running Tidal, you can select Tidal Connect for output. You can also run Tidal from the Wiim app.
@@rdolle990 correct, but i feel the app is excellent👌
Very nice! 29:41
Thanks for this review.
Do you recommand a streamer like this for home theater ? Which sound mode do you use ? Stereo ? Auro 2D-3D ? Multichannel stereo ?
I have only cinema 40 (tidal connect) and 5.1.2 system (Kef meta)
Is the measurements are only for stereo ?
What about A1 maestro or nexus about that ?
@@naamah-dh i would add it for 2ch streaming for sure. Just note 2ch only so if you stream multi channel you will need to use the Cinema 40.