The Amp Pro also works great with Alexa Cast, Google Cast, Spotify Connect and TIDAL Connect, as well as being Roon Ready and DLNA compatible. You can access an absolute stack of music streaming services, internet radio providers, and whatever else is available through WiiM Home app that’s free for iOS and Android.
The app itself can take a moment or two to recover if the device hosting it goes to sleep, and is by no means the last word in logic when it comes to navigation, but is otherwise among the most complete and useful of your scribe around. In addition to allowing access to Amazon Music, Deezer, Qobuz, vTuner and many other services, it features a room correction routine, a 10-band equalizer (with a staggering 24 presets), room for a dozen “favorites” ” a balance check, and even an alarm clock.
easy listening
The device ships with a fairly comprehensive remote control if you prefer to operate your devices that way, and if you’re interested in simply voicing your demands out loud, the Amp Pro is compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
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No matter how you prefer to control it, WiiM Amp Pro is a user-friendly and easy-to-operate device. As long as you keep things sensible and proportionate when it comes to the speakers you drive and the source equipment you support, listening to it isn’t any kind of difficulty either.
Play to its strengths with a 24-bit/48kHz FLAC file from “common land” by James Holden via TIDAL Connect, and the Amp Pro proves to be a great achievement in many ways. It achieves a beautiful tonal balance, for example: there is only a small hint of warmth at the bottom of the frequency range, but nothing problematic. In all other areas it is as neutral and natural as possible. And apart from a slight (and probably quite sensible) roll-off in the higher frequencies, the frequency response from top to bottom is also uniform and smooth.
At the bottom of the frequency range, the Amp Pro hits with real determination. Control the attack of bass sounds with the kind of authority that allows rhythms to be expressed with the right confidence. There is authentic variation in the low-end material, many details about tone and texture are revealed, and all in a compelling context.