Nice video! This looks very well designed! High quality components like the premium ESS Sabre DAC and TI TPA 3255 amplifier chips combined with “good enough” other components to reach a THD+N of just 0.002% (-93 dB) and 98 dB SNR, it's nearly perfect at this price point. It looks very well laid out. You can’t expect much more I think. To get better sound from a streaming amp, you would need to seriously raise the budget. Glad to see someone taking it apart to see the inside. It looks pretty repairable too, no strange obscure components. Perhaps it can be tweaked to sound even better, by replacing some “good enough” components by higher grade substitutes?
Just snagged one for 250 on sale for Black Friday. Plan on pairing them with my first diy speakers. I’ll soon be building the overnight sensations 🤙🏼 wish me luck!
Wiim amp on Amazon: - US amzn.to/3ubwwHC - DE amzn.to/3OjgzpH HQ speaker cable on Aliexpress: - bit.ly/3k70NlO Spike set on Aliexpress - bit.ly/3KQIitX HQ speaker cable on Amazon: - US amzn.to/3khd07s - UK amzn.to/3YJdEd6 - DE amzn.to/3YLvYCk Spike set on Amazon: - US amzn.to/3LAsbAk - UK amzn.to/3sKeKr5 - DE amzn.to/3wJi0Ea
Nice video . I have a pair of KEF Q 100 book shelve speakers. 8 ohm 10~ 100 W. Can someone advice me if this is a matching amplifier for these speakers ?
@@we8463, its price AFAIK is just a little bigger compared to Ultra. Which suggests (taking into account the DACs are the same) that amplifier part is not again working miracles. Hope I’m wrong.
Hello, I am now the owner of 2 x wiim amp. Now a question, can I only play the music played in the wiim app (radio, amazon, spatify, tidal,...) as multiroom? Or can I also play music as multiroom from another app, outside of the Wiim app? hope it's understandable what I mean?!? Thank you
Hey, the wiim amp supports Chromecast audio so if you use the Google home app you can make a speaker group that would be able to connect to both without using the wiim app. This speaker group would then show up in your other music streaming apps if they support Chromecast which most do
Bro you using every amp brand but who's speaker brand are best in world I have a altech lancing vs2621 speaker this sound system everything unique I have using other brand but this sound quality details is not enough please reply
The interior does not surprise, nor is there an excess in quality...in short, expected for this price. They are attractive because of the low price, but when there is some kind of technical failure, they probably end up in the trash can.
It looks very repairable, no obscure components, all very standard I think? I don’t know if there are any technical schematics though, but without them it would still be repairable in most cases. The usability will probably be more limited by the software update policy and advances in streaming protocols than the durability of the technical components I think. I don’t expect such a connected device to have to work more than 5 years before it is outdated either because of protocols or because of lack of software updates.
The price represents the functionality and quality of components. We can not expect to receive high quality components for a price this low. There are higher quality alternatives which are not that appealing for the majority of users.
ESS Sabre DAC and the TI 3255 amplifier chip are definitely not “cheapest stuff” or “as long as it plays sound”. Also the rest of the circuitry is pretty good, resulting in a Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N) of just 0.002% (-93 dB) and 98 dB SNR. I think at this price point it's nearly flawless. What alternative do you see doing it better or what combination of components would you use to reach this sound quality at this price? Better is of course possible, but it would be MUCH more expensive. All the reviews are very favorable about the audio quality.
Nice video! This looks very well designed! High quality components like the premium ESS Sabre DAC and TI TPA 3255 amplifier chips combined with “good enough” other components to reach a THD+N of just 0.002% (-93 dB) and 98 dB SNR, it's nearly perfect at this price point. It looks very well laid out. You can’t expect much more I think. To get better sound from a streaming amp, you would need to seriously raise the budget. Glad to see someone taking it apart to see the inside. It looks pretty repairable too, no strange obscure components. Perhaps it can be tweaked to sound even better, by replacing some “good enough” components by higher grade substitutes?
Just snagged one for 250 on sale for Black Friday. Plan on pairing them with my first diy speakers. I’ll soon be building the overnight sensations 🤙🏼 wish me luck!
I certainly wish you good luck, congratulate you on a great choice, and look forward to your feedback.
Thanks for doing this 👍
There is programmable EQ in this amp according to the specs. Which chip is handling this? Is there a dedicated DSP chip?
which IC does it use?
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Can you do a teardown of the Pro / Pro Plus? Those models don't seem as straight forward as the Amp
Wait…an aluminium case with mains cable without ground prong? How did it pass safety certification? 😮
it looks like no one has been hurt yet
Wiim amp on Amazon:
- US amzn.to/3ubwwHC
- DE amzn.to/3OjgzpH
HQ speaker cable on Aliexpress:
- bit.ly/3k70NlO
Spike set on Aliexpress
- bit.ly/3KQIitX
HQ speaker cable on Amazon:
- US amzn.to/3khd07s
- UK amzn.to/3YJdEd6
- DE amzn.to/3YLvYCk
Spike set on Amazon:
- US amzn.to/3LAsbAk
- UK amzn.to/3sKeKr5
- DE amzn.to/3wJi0Ea
Nice video . I have a pair of KEF Q 100 book shelve speakers. 8 ohm 10~ 100 W. Can someone advice me if this is a matching amplifier for these speakers ?
Its mact, for 8ohm you can use any amp, problems start with 4ohm speakers.
Thanks
There might be a problem with clipping
Some one should offer mods for this baby. They have sold tons worldwide. It needs more power for a better headroom, which it lacks.
True :)
The New Pro was just launched!
@@we8463, its price AFAIK is just a little bigger compared to Ultra. Which suggests (taking into account the DACs are the same) that amplifier part is not again working miracles. Hope I’m wrong.
Hello, I am now the owner of 2 x wiim amp. Now a question, can I only play the music played in the wiim app (radio, amazon, spatify, tidal,...) as multiroom? Or can I also play music as multiroom from another app, outside of the Wiim app? hope it's understandable what I mean?!? Thank you
good question, I won't know the answer.
Hey, the wiim amp supports Chromecast audio so if you use the Google home app you can make a speaker group that would be able to connect to both without using the wiim app. This speaker group would then show up in your other music streaming apps if they support Chromecast which most do
Are the capacitors Japanese or Chinese made?
low quality Chinese caps, but for this type of device it's ok. It definitely wont last you 20 years
look like cheapest cap from car amplifier
Bro you using every amp brand but who's speaker brand are best in world I have a altech lancing vs2621 speaker this sound system everything unique I have using other brand but this sound quality details is not enough please reply
The interior does not surprise, nor is there an excess in quality...in short, expected for this price. They are attractive because of the low price, but when there is some kind of technical failure, they probably end up in the trash can.
My local Hi-fi repair shop would never touch this. I think my local telephone repair place would try 😅
It looks very repairable, no obscure components, all very standard I think? I don’t know if there are any technical schematics though, but without them it would still be repairable in most cases. The usability will probably be more limited by the software update policy and advances in streaming protocols than the durability of the technical components I think. I don’t expect such a connected device to have to work more than 5 years before it is outdated either because of protocols or because of lack of software updates.
They crammed the absolute cheapest stuff inside - meaning: "Just as long as it 'plays sounds', we can sell it", LOL. Not my cup of tea, IMO....
The price represents the functionality and quality of components. We can not expect to receive high quality components for a price this low. There are higher quality alternatives which are not that appealing for the majority of users.
circuit look like the cheapest car amplifier
ESS Sabre DAC and the TI 3255 amplifier chip are definitely not “cheapest stuff” or “as long as it plays sound”. Also the rest of the circuitry is pretty good, resulting in a Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N) of just 0.002% (-93 dB) and 98 dB SNR. I think at this price point it's nearly flawless. What alternative do you see doing it better or what combination of components would you use to reach this sound quality at this price? Better is of course possible, but it would be MUCH more expensive. All the reviews are very favorable about the audio quality.
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