Is there anything that the WiiM Pro isn’t giving you for its $149 (around £122 / AU$225) cost? There’s no built-in Apple Music support in the control app for one, and that means Apple Music subscribers will instead have to use AirPlay 2 to wirelessly cast tracks from that service to the WiiM Pro. (The company says it will soon be launching a remote accessory that will provide a more traditional hardware control option.) The interesting thing about the new WiiM Pro is that it offers app-based multiroom playback in a $149 (around £122 / AU$225) streamer, and it also supports the big three voice assistants for controlling things like playback, music selection, and volume level. That last feature is one you’ll find throughout the Sonos speaker family, and it makes grouping various speakers for whole-home music playback, as well as playback of different music sources in different zones, a snap. At $349 / £299 / around AU$522, the NAD CS1 is an affordable option, but it omits the HDMI eARC port, analog stereo input, and, most important, app-based multiroom control that the more expensive Bluesound Node offers. The block to making that upgrade previously for many has been cost. I’ve been looking for a streamer like this one, both for myself and to recommend to friends who want to finally stop having to connect their laptop to their stereo for streaming – something that was regularly done when music services first launched, but now is an archaic practice. (Image credit: WiiM) Analysis: The WiiM Pro brings high-res audio streaming to the massesĪt $149 (around £122 / AU$225), the WiiM Pro is the least expensive option I know of for adding wireless high-res audio streaming to an existing stereo system. The WiiM Pro provides analog and digital outputs along with inputs to add sources to a multiroom audio setup.
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