Mini AirPlay 2 Wireless Audio Streamer, Multiroom Stereo, Preamplifier, Works with Alexa and Siri Voice Assistants, Stream Hi-Res Audio from Amazon Music, Tidal and More

If you use SPDIF instead of internal Dac, this little device would let you forget about the expensive BlueSound Node, the troublesome and unstable raspberry pi runs on any OS. This is simply the easiest and best solution by far. The downside would be that it uses it's own app to log into all the music services. You won't be able to browse through the native APP UI from spotify, tidal, qobuz or even amazon music. I haven't tried gapless so I can't put down "it just works" stamp yet! However, hi-res does work as expected. There are some glitches and bugs from Amazon Music though. When comparing to Qobuz, it simply just works as bit perfect. On the Amazon Music HD/UHD I believed it's probably Amazon's fault here. There will be constrain on bitrate and sampling rate if you output from TV because it's running mostly Android OS (ye! I am looking at you Amazon FireTV 4k Stick). You will only get 48k. However, on the Wiim mini is another story. It's better to show 24bit, but sometimes it's not bit perfect. it doesn't always shows properly up to 192k. Due to the inconsistency of Amazon music. Depends on your Dac, your streamer box (a computer, an iphone, tv, or wiim mini) they all behave differently. I can't grasp which one is the "best" solution or claim to be bit perfect here. But Amazon music seems to output hi-res music for sure. Amazon still need to work on their device compatibility issues though. For qobuz, it works like a breeze. Always accurate, and always works! I've had raspberry pi ran through LMS, volumio, audirvana, and roon before. If you want me to choose what's the best solution for sound quality and simplicity, I would choose wiim mini. Although you don't have a roon or audirvana as centralized server. You can't "stream" music to every devices from a home server. You will lose "screen display" feature on your computer or tv. However, you will not bump into audirvana can't switch playback devices or roon constantly having server down issues you need to restart the server. Best of all, you don't need to deal with LMS or volumio just another update that something "doesn't work" again. For the sound quality, I compare to Qobuz, it is indeed a close match. To be easy to use and bit perfect, Qobuz is obviously the best choice. Amazon music comes in second with this wiim mini. Best of all was the Alexa integration. It's now possible to tell Alexa to play music, and on wiim mini side, it starts to play bit perfect hi-res music. That's simply the missing piece from the echo eco system that Amazon did not have on their own products unless you've gone for Echo Studio. Amazon really need to do some catch up. It will sound better than you use Amazon FireTV 4k Sticks plug into the AVR before TV. Due to "compatibility" issues, versions of FireTV OS, and FireTV hardware. Not all FireTV works right out of box. In addition, not all AVR works with FireTV stick either. So I am grateful that Wiim Mini simply skips that whole route all together. The weak link would be spotify connect (not very sure if spotify connect is ever going to support bit perfect when spotify finally release hi res audio). Tidal works okay but obviously your DAC needs to decode MQA because wiim mini can't do that from internal DAC. Best experiences comes from Qobuz and Amazon Music HD/UHD. Bluetooth was alright. When you can stream through WIFI, why bother with Bluetooth? However, the streaming service is very limited. It won't support even something like Pandora just yet! You really need to use Airplay2 to playback those type of music services.

Forget the built-in DAC on this device. The star of the show is competent, no-fuss streaming with or without the company's app at a good enough resolution for anyone for under $100. Use the included TOSLINK optical cable to feed that steamed digital data to a DAC or an amp/preamp/receiver with a built-in DAC, and voila, your streaming service music or music stored on a local network device has full access to your sound system. And if you really dig the freedom that comes with this kind of setup, ditch your proprietary streaming service apps too and use DLNA/UPnP (via apps like BubbleUPnP) to feed your system its digital audio. Whatever you do, do NOT convince yourself that you need a more expensive streamer. You don't. This is all you'll ever need to get streaming service music to your sound system. Also, do not convince yourself you need a more expensive TOSLINK cable than the one included with this device. Gold plating and electronic shielding aren't going to help with a fiber optic signal! My personal system? WiiM Mini -> desktop DAC -> electrostatic headphone amplifier -> electrostatic headphones. It's wonderful. One nice touch is that because the Mini requires so little power, I can save an outlet and just plug it into the USB accessory port on my DAC (Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus) and it turns on and off with the DAC. No real problems setting up the device, or maintaining a Wi-Fi connection to my consumer mesh home Wi-Fi system. Wi-Fi connects almost instantaneously. The WiiM Mini supports parametric EQ! I use a PEQ profile for my headphones from AutoEQ (which is a free website). It sounds great. The WiiM Mini Highly recommended!

Here's what I said in my first review.... (look below to see why I bought a second, or just get one already). It does what it says, it does it well, and at a reasonable price. Now for the audio nerds out there... So, I can stream directly to my receiver using its built-in AirPlay2. It sounds fine, And I know that it's better to get lossless data directly into my external DAC, which sounds way better than the DACs built-in to my receiver. But for convenience, nothing beats AirPlay streaming to the WiiM Mini, which connects to my external DAC via Optical. Does it sound as good as a direct connection to the DAC (no AirPlay AAC shenanigans involved)? No, it does not. But it definitely sounds WAY better than streaming AirPlay to my receiver's DACs, and so much more convenient than direct-connecting to the DAC. When I want to do attentive listening, I use an iPad connected via USB-C to the USB input of the Denafrips. When I just want to hear the Denafrips as part of my whole-house sound, the WiiM mini is my first choice. Looks like the internal DACs on my receiver are now relegated to Home Theater. The Mini is super easy to set up, it inhabits my AirPlay whole-house sound system beautifully, and the app even has some nice music discovery features of its own. This morning my "alarm clock" automation went off. It played SomaFM in my bedroom, and in the Home Theater through the Mini and into my external DAC. I made coffee, and spent a little time in from of the home theater/Denafrips system and thought... "yep, that sounds nice". That's all I was after, and that's exactly what I got. Nice job WiiM. I may get a couple more Minis before they introduce a new model that doesn't have AirPlay2 (I know, they're only rumors). == UPDATE == So yes, I just bought my second WiiM Mini, and this time it's to run a second zone in my house as part of an AirPlay setup. My AVR has two zones, and I was using the AVR for that, but it's nowhere near as convenient as having another AirPlay device. However, I want better sound than I can get from a HomePod, and I have in-wall speakers that I want to use. In-wall speakers sound better than a HomePod? Well, if they're decent and driven by a decent zone amp (I'm looking at you Parasound ZAmp), and you use the WiiM Room Correction feature, then YES, it's not even close. The Room Correction feature worked so well in my setup that my in-wall speakers in the dining room actually sound very good now. Like not just good, but very good (not mindblowing either, but I'll take very good for this application). So yeah, the Mini has shown itself to be a great little swiss army knife and that's just using the AirPlay capability. WiiM Mini with Room Correction is killer.

Very easy to install and versatile usable

Ich habe kürzlich den WiiM Mini Streame erworben und bin absolut begeistert von diesem kleinen Gerät. Als langjähriger Nutzer von Audio-Streaming-Diensten war ich auf der Suche nach einer kompakten Lösung, die meine Musik überall hin begleiten kann. Der WiiM Mini Streamer Audio hat meine Erwartungen mehr als erfüllt und bietet eine Reihe beeindruckender Produktmerkmale. Zunächst einmal möchte ich die kompakte Größe und das ansprechende Design des Streamers hervorheben. Er ist wirklich klein und fügt sich nahtlos in meine Musikumgebung ein. Ein herausragendes Merkmal des WiiM Mini Streamer ist seine vielseitige Konnektivität. Es verfügt über Bluetooth 5.0, was eine schnelle und stabile Verbindung zu meinen Bluetooth-Lautsprechern oder Kopfhörern ermöglicht. Darüber hinaus verfügt es über einen 3,5-mm-Audioausgang, der es mir ermöglicht, es an meine Stereoanlage anzuschließen, um meine Lieblingsmusik in hoher Qualität zu genießen. Die Einrichtung war kinderleicht und die Verbindung ist zuverlässig, ohne Unterbrechungen oder Verzögerungen. Die Klangqualität des WiiM Mini Streamer ist beeindruckend. Egal, ob ich meine Lieblingsplayliste über TIDAL/Apple Music oder meine persönliche Musiksammlung übertrage, der Streamer liefert klare und detailreiche Töne. Die Musik klingt voll und ausgewogen, ohne Verzerrungen oder Qualitätsverluste. Es hat mich wirklich überrascht, wie gut dieser kleine Streamer den Klang verbessern kann. Die Bedienung des WiiM Mini Streame ist ebenfalls sehr benutzerfreundlich. Mit den intuitiven Tasten an der Vorderseite des Geräts kann ich ganz einfach die Lautstärke anpassen, den Titel wechseln oder die Wiedergabe pausieren. Es unterstützt auch die Sprachsteuerung über Alexa, was das Bedienen noch bequemer macht. Insgesamt bin ich äußerst zufrieden mit dem WiiM Mini Streamer. Es hat alle meine Erwartungen getroffen und bietet eine kompakte, vielseitige und hochwertige Lösung für Audio-Streaming. Die Klangqualität ist beeindruckend, die Konnektivität ist zuverlässig und die Bedienung ist einfach. Ich kann den WiiM Mini Streamer nur wärmstens empfehlen.

Fonctionne parfaitement bien. Avec Apple Music, on ne peut pas l'utiliser via l'application WiiM, mais en Airplay 2 ca fonctionne bien depuis l'application Apple Music. (sur iPhone) La qualité en max en Airplay2 est du 16bits 44K mais 256kb. En fonction de l'installation HiFi derrière cela peut suffire. L'appli est très bien faite, on peut voir la qualité diffusé, un équaliser très précis, ... bref rapport qualité prix imbattable.

El sonido es excelente. Lo tengo conectado a un Marantz 6007 mediante la toma digital óptica. Yo lo uso de la siguiente forma: 1. Conectado a Tidal connect. El excelente sonido de Tidal con su genial aplicación que controlo desde el móvil pero que se ejecuta en Wiim mini. Sin pérdida ninguna. Sonido espectacular. No hace falta configurar nada, Tidal lo detecta a la primera. 2. Conectado a Amazon music unlimited, aquí la configuración es más tediosa, ya que hay que instalar Alexa y conseguir que lo detecte (tras varios intentos), y una vez que Alexa lo ha detectado ya se puede usar con Amazon music unlimited. 3. Conectado a un SSD en red. El disco SSD con toda mi librería de música lo tengo conectado al módem de fibra óptica, y la aplicación del Wiim mini lo reconoce de inmediato. Genial! Así que todo son cosas buenas con este Wiim mini que me ha costado unos 80 euros en una oferta de Amazon.

Prodotto spartano, anonimo, sembra un sotto bottiglia. Lo ho preso per sostituire il mio PC da cui estravo il segnale digitale per l'uscita ottica. P Evoluzione di un prodotto arylic, credo che alla fine sia lo stesso con l'uscita ottica in più ed invece di essere una micro scatola adesso fa l'imitazione della Alexa. Il punto di forza di questo prodotto sta nell'apps e nell'uscita ottica. Siamo di fronte ad un ottimo compromesso che si è inserito in una nicchia di mercato dove ci stanno i streamer Auna e cloni. Io sono anta anni che ascolto musica e sono molto attenti al suono. Con la sua uscita jack il micronk appiattisce la scena sonora. Tutti gli strumenti sono come sovrapposti. Questo dipenderà dal da e dall'uscita jack con i cavetti originali. Adesso la stragrande maggioranza ascolta mp3, o bluetooth o dal telefono e quindi qualsiasi cosa suona benissimo, pure questo dac. Usando l'uscita ottica, bit on bit, le varie risoluzioni questo aggeggio diventa superlativo e tutto cambia perché usiamo un dac esterno. Wooooooooooooooooooooooooow. La gestione dei dati e l'apps trasportano questo prodotto a risultati ad una fascia medio alta. Se tutto questo inserito dentro l'auna con il suo splendido designer e con un prezzo val massimo di 200€ saremo di fronte ad un prodotto killer. Il wiim è stato fatto in versione pro con un dac migliore e uscita RCA ma assieme a questo hanno un designe spazzatura. L'apps dovrebbe essere uogradata per gestire nativamente YouTube music che grazie alla sua. Intelligenza artificiale ti crea delle playlist dinamiche centrando, nel mio caso, quasi il 100% dei miei gusti. Comprarlo questo microbo? La risposta è sicuramente SI perché meglio non ci sta nulla a questo prezzo e i programmatori stanno lavorando benissimo e costantemente sul prodotto. Migliorare il designer per renderlo simile agli auna, uscita RCA e usb display, da migliore e siamo al top.