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Use either of those instead of the WiiM Pro’s RCA analog output and you can bypass the WiiM’s built-in digital-to-analog conversion in favor of the DAC of your choice. The high-end audiophile community has been celebrating the WiiM Pro, and for a very good reason: It’s equipped with both optical and coaxial digital outputs. The WiiM app has a 10-band equalizer and allows the user to set the resolution for the optical and coax outputs.

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It’s also much easier to use than Sonos competitors, such as Denon’s HEOS, and you can connect the WiiM Pro to a system that will give you far better sound quality than what’s on offer from Amazon Echo smart speakers or either of Apple’s HomePod speakers.įor most users, this all-in-one solution will be the way to go. If you set up multiple units in different rooms, WiiM creates an inexpensive whole-home music network that’s just as reliable as anything you’d get from Sonos. Everything else will be as reliable as your home’s Wi-Fi setup, and you won’t have the same distance limitations you’d face with Bluetooth. The WiiM Pro delivers more reliable connections, especially with apps like Spotify, Qobuz, and Tidal that have native support in the app.

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There are plenty of inexpensive Bluetooth receivers that promise to get the job done, but Bluetooth technology is less reliable than Wi-Fi, and these usually include DAC chips that deliver less-than-acceptable quality. The problem is they place a higher priority on ease-of-use than raw quality, should be equal IMO.WiiM makes a compatible remote for users who prefer to use one in place of the WiiM app on a mobile device. Overall Apple has some very talented people working on their audio products. I did feel quality took a massive upswing when lossless was implemented but I'm in the camp of redbook music being good enough so I haven't stressed the hi-rez requiring an external USB DAC. Most of my use of the service is exploratory or for what is essentially background music so I'm not as likely to be picky.

I can upload my files if the music isn't on streaming and play on the go without hogging device storage. Honestly Apple Music works well for me, I actually have a family plan so my parents and sister can bark at their Alexa with ad free music and my GF can play music in the car. I have yet to try a newer Airplay 2 enabled streamer as all signs seem to indicate they are essentially third party Airport Express devices. IIRC the Apple TV will still resample everything to 48kHz PCM but using both the Gen 2 and Gen 1 ATV4K as a 'streamer' has been a bit more successful for me than the aging Airport Express Gen2's I have that drop signal like crazy in my place.

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Maybe Android or desktop apps are better.Ĭlick to expand.I do think you can actually do something more like the latter solution with use of the Apple TV for Apple Music, either as the direct player with it's remote or using your phone to control it. But good god the app is garbage on my iPhone. Qobuz does seem to have the biggest collection of 24/192 tracks.

If I had to rank the apps based on the app itself, user interface, search, discovering new music, etc, I’d rank them this way, best to worst:

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But I do really enjoy the full hi-res Apple Music when my iPhone is connected directly to my portable DAC, and over headphones can absolutely hear an enjoyable difference between the hi-res services and Spotify. On the AirPort Express, I can’t really tell much of a difference between Apple Music and Spotify. The only drawback for me is that Airplay2 can’t take advantage of Apple Music’s full hi-res, which seems like an odd choice. And a good and growing collection of multichannel audio, which I like using on my Apple TV connected to my Sonos surround system.īut I listen to stereo music on my proper stereo, streaming via AirPort Express. App about as good as Spotify’s, and sound quality as good as the others. I think Apple Music is the best of all worlds.