WiiM
has
announced
two
new
audiophile
streaming
devices
for
the
high
end
of
its
wireless
audio
streaming
devices.
Called
the
WiiM
Ultra
and
the
WiiM
Amp
Pro,
both
support
AirPlay
2,
Chromecast,
DLNA,
and
several
other
streaming
protocols
and
will
be
available
this
summer.
Both
devices
are
equipped
with
a
32-bit
/
384kHz
ES9038
Q2M
Sabre
DAC.
(Last
year’s
Wiim
Amp
used
an
ES9018
Sabre
DAC
instead).
They
also
use
Wi-Fi
6E
and
Bluetooth
5.3
for
wireless
connectivity,
and
they
each
sport
the
same
shrunken-down
Mac
Studio
look.
WiiM
says
the
two
devices
also
automatically
tune
audio
output
to
the
room
they’re
in.
The
WiiM
Ultra,
front
and
back.Image:
Courtesy
of
WiiM
But
the
WiiM
Ultra
has
a
3.5mm
touchscreen
on
the
front
next
to
the
volume
knob,
for
displaying
things
like
app
widgets,
album
art,
playback
controls,
and
various
audio
and
input
/
output
settings.
On
the
back
side,
it
has
an
HDMI
ARC
port,
has
optical
and
RCA
jacks,
and
is
the
only
WiiM
device
with
a
phono
input.
The
WiiM
Amp
Pro:
a
lot
like
the
WiiM
Amp,
but
different.Image:
Courtesy
of
WiiM
The
WiiM
Amp
Pro,
on
the
other
hand,
is
identical
to
the
WiiM
Amp
in
most
respects,
except
for
some
minor
differences
like
Wi-Fi
6E
and
Bluetooth
5.3
support.
(The
WiiM
Amp
is
limited
to
Wi-Fi
5
and
Bluetooth
5.0.)
It’s
also
got
a
higher
signal-to-noise
ratio
of
120dB,
compared
to
98dB
for
the
Amp.
The
WiiM
Ultra
will
cost
$329,
while
the
Amp
Pro
will
go
for
$369
when
they’re
released
in
the
third
quarter
in
the
US.
We’ve
asked
WiiM
whether
the
standard
$299
WiiM
Amp
will
stick
around
in
its
lineup.
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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