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That is a great recommendation. If he could spring for the Modius that would be even better.
In my opinion, Modius sounded a little too flat by comparison. Friend had one and brought it over to demo. Modi MB sounded more natural while still slightly committing sin of Omission with detail level. Another tone/timbre vs detail and measurement debate, but we won't bring that Schiit in here. Lol. We'll chalk it up to if rca vs XLR connections needed.
I'm looking for streamer recommendations as I'm totally new to this part of audio. My system consists of Van Alstine SET-400 power amp and Transcendence T-10 tube pre-amp, Sony CDP-CE500 CD player, BIC Turntable, Audiovector QR1 bookshelf speakers. No DAC except inside the CD player. I have WiFi in the house but no hard connection to internet in my listening room and it would be a hassle to do so. Internet is pretty fast, and my second audio system (for the living room) is three feet from the WiFi router. Wife is not as interested in music as I am so no need to transmit same music to other rooms. I really enjoy the clarity, detail, and excellent sound quality of my system and would like to stream similar quality music: classic rock, jazz, blues, pop, classical, acoustic. Someone I know suggested the little round WiiM, but I'm not sure if it is capable of providing critical listening quality music. Budget is < $500 for the device itself. I have not idea which service(s) to use either. So summing up, the main objective is streaming music in my listening room, having streaming in the living room would (second system) would be a bonus but not worth a lot of $ as it gets only a few hours a week use. Thanks for any insight, thoughts, recommendations.
I ordered my WiiM Ultra yesterday from Crutchfield @ 1650 it arrived on my doorstep less than an hour ago ! Now that's service !So, those with this unit, did you use its inboard DAC or something external ? My other option would be my SACD player (Marantz 'Ruby')As for streaming service, I'm leaning towards Qobuz
twitch54 that's a great price for the Wiim Ultra. Will be anxious to hear whether you like the onboard DAC or decide on an external one.
so far the onboard DAC of the WiiM Ultra sounds great, I'll continue with it for awhile then try out the one in my Marantz Ruby to see if I can hear a difference, I doubt it ! Still unable to get my Android phone paired with the WiiM, I had no trouble with my iMac. Can't seem to get the phone to recognize the streamer ?
I have a WiiM Mini, WiiM Pro, WiiM Pro+ and Node 2i. The internal DAC in all of these is nothing to write home about and can be improved with the $80 SMSL SU-1 outboard DAC. I wouldn't be surprised if the Ultra could also benefit from an SU-1.
You're paying for additional features with the Ultra not superior sound.
The Ultra has a built in power supply which is almost impossible to upgrade. OTOH the Pro models use a wall wort that is easily upgraded with a linear PSU.
