Streaming devices
- Thread starter Dickson
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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.
bfreidah
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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.
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.
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.
Mr Peabody
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As stated more information is needed. What's the rest of your system?
Wow, hate it ??What do you not like about it?
Its internal dac is just adequate, but when connected to a good dac it sounds good. I actually stream from a custom audio computer/server that I built and use a Jcat femto card powered by a LPS. It sounds great. I would put it up against most streamers. I used all shielded cables, a low ripple power supply, a high end MOBO with upgraded caps, no video card to add noise. All software on higher end m.2 ssd's.
Its internal dac is just adequate, but when connected to a good dac it sounds good. I actually stream from a custom audio computer/server that I built and use a Jcat femto card powered by a LPS. It sounds great. I would put it up against most streamers. I used all shielded cables, a low ripple power supply, a high end MOBO with upgraded caps, no video card to add noise. All software on higher end m.2 ssd's.
sleepysurf
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I use a Wiim Ultra with USB out to a Topping E70 Velvet DAC. Sounds great to me. Fortunately, the Wiim app includes Squeezelite, so it's fully compatible with LMS/Lyrion Music Server (formerly Logitech Music Server, formerly Squeezebox Server). Although the Wiim Home app is very good, I still prefer LMS, which allows me to sync music in my main system with my 6 other legacy Squeezeboxes all around the house.
Mr Peabody
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I bet CJ with the ML sounds sweet. I see you are in an audio society you should at least try a better streamer. Like the Lumin U2 mini. There is a difference in streamers most have to hear for themselves. Maybe someone is willing to let you try something.
With that being said I'm not sure anything else allows that whole house coverage other than similar to what you have now.