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Dickson

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Looking for some advice on streaming devices I have a WiiM ultra and I hate it! Not sure what to replace it with. I am looking for something specifically for streaming music to rock the house
 
A few questions - budget? Will you run an external DAC? If not, it may be the DAC in the WiiM that you hate, and it might be fine as a streamer only.
 
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Dickson said:
Looking for some advice on streaming devices I have a WiiM ultra and I hate it! Not sure what to replace it with. I am looking for something specifically for streaming music to rock the house
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Just curious, what do you not like about the WiiM Ultra? I bought one for my daughter and love it. It sounds better run through an external dac for sure. Its software is fabulous.
 
Have a friend with a Naim Uniti Atom steamer that sounds great. I like my Bluesound Node Icon for a fraction the price that also integrates with my other Bluesound devices around the house. Both units have built in preamps if needed.
 
2FarGone said:
A few questions - budget? Will you run an external DAC? If not, it may be the DAC in the WiiM thar you hate, and it might be fine as a streamer only.
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Agree. I use the WiiM Pro as a streamer only and it works great.

WiiM can stream from most music services (Spotify, Qobuz, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube Music, etc). And allows you to create DSP filters based on your speakers-room configuration.
 
bfreidah said:
Have a friend with a Naim Uniti Atom steamer that sounds great. I like my Bluesound Node Icon for a fraction the price that also integrates with my other Bluesound devices around the house. Both units have built in preamps if needed.
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I also have a Node 2i that I’ve used as a streamer only (bypassing the MQA circuitry) in a fairly high-end setup, and it was fine. I also ran the digital feed into a pretty good DAC and controlled volume with the BluOS app. That also sounded good to me, but I should note that I tried the analog outputs from the Node 2i directly into a power amp, and I found it unlistenable. It’s fine as a streamer and if you wish you can control volume in the digital domain which is nice, but its internal DAC just doesn’t cut it, at least to my ears. As always, YMMV.
 
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