WiiM announces two new wireless audiophile streamers — one with a touchscreen

WiiM has announced 2 caller audiophile streaming devices for nan precocious extremity of its wireless audio streaming devices. Called nan WiiM Ultra and nan WiiM Amp Pro, some support AirPlay 2, Chromecast, DLNA, and respective different streaming protocols and will beryllium disposable this summer.

Both devices are equipped pinch a 32-bit / 384kHz ES9038 Q2M Sabre DAC. (Last year’s Wiim Amp utilized an ES9018 Sabre DAC instead). They besides usage Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 for wireless connectivity, and they each athletics nan aforesaid shrunken-down Mac Studio look. WiiM says nan 2 devices besides automatically tune audio output to nan room they’re in.

But nan WiiM Ultra has a 3.5mm touchscreen connected nan beforehand adjacent to nan measurement knob, for displaying things for illustration app widgets, medium art, playback controls, and various audio and input / output settings. On nan backmost side, it has an HDMI ARC port, has optical and RCA jacks, and is nan only WiiM instrumentality pinch a phono input.

The WiiM Amp Pro, connected nan different hand, is identical to nan WiiM Amp successful astir respects, isolated from for immoderate insignificant differences for illustration Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 support. (The WiiM Amp is constricted to Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0.) It’s besides sewage a higher signal-to-noise ratio of 120dB, compared to 98dB for nan Amp.

The WiiM Ultra will costs $329, while nan Amp Pro will spell for $369 erstwhile they’re released successful nan 3rd 4th successful nan US. We’ve asked WiiM whether nan modular $299 WiiM Amp will instrumentality astir successful its lineup.