Are dedicated streamers worth it?

Streaming Audio
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The hardware is in play to including Ethernet cables.

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Not to mention the rest of the system, whatever that is.

Roger

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How did you output streaming music out of the Wiim Ultra? USB? Toslink? Coax? And what is your DAC?

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I have good luck with the wiim using coaxial into maranta SACD 30N as a DAC

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I tried coax, optical and USB. All the same, bright sound. It was connected to a Devialet Expert 120. Switching back to my Raspberry Pi 5 with a Digi2 Pro HAT immediately removed the treble glare I noticed with the WiiM.

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Well, this is some kind of interesting.

Just FYI, I use 192kHz/24 bit toslink output from the Wiim Ultra into the Linn NextGen DSM/3 Organik, the optical audio cable is KabelDirekt (the one used by Rob Watts). I think the sound quality of the Qobuz Connect via the Wiim Ultra is comparable to Qobuz music streamed via Roon or the Linn App.

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I‘m glad you like the WiiM Ultra. In my system it just didn’t sound right. I might try again with an Eversolo T8.

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Forgot one thing about the WiiM Ultra streamer - if you still have it, make sure that you use the line level output.

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Thanks for the advice. I used coax out, optical out and USB out to connect the WiiM to my Devialet. But I sold the streamer a few weeks ago. I might consider an Eversolo T8.