Wiim Amp Ultra or Eversolo Play

[DiggyGun]

As per the title, has anyone compared the two and, if so, what were your thoughts?

Which one did you end up with?

DG….

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz

 

[Jasonovich]

One box solutions are perfect for kitchen or dining room.

In few YT reviews they appear to favour the WiiM amp ultra for sound quality but I think the Eversolo Play will edge it in user interface experience.

I have many little boxes in my diner room but should I want to streamline it, the WiiM and Eversolo would be ideal solution.

 

[Fandango Andy]

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz

I have no experience of either so can't help there, I'm lots of others will.

I do wonder if one box is the future? It makes a lot of sense from the point of view of taking up less space and looking neat. However, streamers and DACs are getting better, and cheaper. If I was starting again with a new system I would be looking at a amp that would last me a long time and separate streamer giving me the option to upgrade.

 

[RJW232]

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz

But not future proof....

 

[DougK1]

Look out for standby electric consumption on chi-fi. EU regs is no higher than 0.5 watts on standby, which both my Marantz boxes comply with. The Wiim Ultra consumes 4-6 watts on standby with no off switch. Not huge, but certainly not in line with EU regs. My Topping head-amp has an off switch on the back.

 

[Dave_]

But not future proof....

They do however have inputs....

 

[Dave_]

One box is the future…

Still too many....

 

[Al ears]

Look out for standby electric consumption on chi-fi. EU regs is no higher than 0.5 watts on standby, which both my Marantz boxes comply with. The Wiim Ultra consumes 4-6 watts on standby with no off switch. Not huge, but certainly not in line with EU regs. My Topping head-amp has an off switch on the back.

Everything has an off switch, it's called the mains socket.....
🙂

 

[Jasonovich]

Everything has an off switch, it's called the mains socket.....
🙂

I thought I get in before @Gray ha ha ha!

Not true in the USA 😊

No, standard electrical outlets (receptacles) in the USA do not have individual ON/OFF switches. Power is controlled through the main circuit breaker panel or by unplugging the device.

You can still unplug the device, I suppose 😄

 

[Al ears]

I thought I get in before @Gray ha ha ha!

Not true in the USA 😊

No, standard electrical outlets (receptacles) in the USA do not have individual ON/OFF switches. Power is controlled through the main circuit breaker panel or by unplugging the device.

You can still unplug the device, I suppose 😄

exactly

 

[DougK1]

Everything has an off switch, it's called the mains socket.....
🙂

Ha ha ha. Not if the mains socket is tucked behind an audio unit you can't.

 

[Al ears]

Ha ha ha. Not if the mains socket is tucked behind an audio unit you can't.

There are things called extension leads.....
All of my sockets are to hand an they should be....
Of course, if you want to leave kit on 24/7 then these are superfluous.

 

[Gray]

I thought I get in before @Gray ha ha ha!

Not true in the USA 😊

I've got my front panel mains switches - and I'd have them if I lived in America 😉

My washing machine has an inaccessible mains plug - so I fitted an accessible switch to save 8W (for 8,000+ hours a year).
Off should mean off.

 

[Dave_]

Ha ha ha. Not if the mains socket is tucked behind an audio unit you can't.

I've used a smart switch in that situation. Used about 1w....

 

[gasolin]

Personally i don't like how the volumeknob feels on my wiim ultra and if the amp ultra feels the same, it's not nice, vibelink is much better

Aut room correction + auto sync and eq you can use after room correction

View: https://youtu.be/9cSPy2mjFJE?si=KG8nQhX6_U1JHrpD

 

[DiggyGun]

One box solutions are perfect for kitchen or dining room.

In few YT reviews they appear to favour the WiiM amp ultra for sound quality but I think the Eversolo Play will edge it in user interface experience.

I have many little boxes in my diner room but should I want to streamline it, the WiiM and Eversolo would be ideal solution.

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Thanks for your comments, at the moment I am leaning towards the Eversolo Play and the new Eversolo SE100 speakers as they were designed for each other.

This will be for a second system in my new office / man cave once we move into our new house once it’s been finished.

We relocated from the UK to Poland last October and our main system, along with all our other chattels are still in storage there.

The main system is a Linn Selekt DSM Edition Hub with twin Stereo power out cartridges with two Organik DACs. These drive a pair of Linn 119 speakers, hence the tagline, “One box is the future”.

It may be nice to have two one box systems, each from a different manufacturer.

When our chattels arrive over here, there will be some plug changing and, in Poland there are no switched sockets neither.

So looking forward to getting everything set up.

DG….

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz

 

[Integralista]

As per the title, has anyone compared the two and, if so, what were your thoughts?

Which one did you end up with?

DG….

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz

Hi, my experience is quite "sweet" sound of eversolo, which is not my taste. WiiM is more resolute with worse app. My choice will be Rega Brio mk7 (with very good Dac inside) and Bluesound Node 4. They combined, using Node just as streaming drive via coax to Brio mk7 is truly great combination. Amp in Brio is a lot better than WiiM or Eversolo Play +you get very very good phonostage inside Brio.😉

 

[Jasonovich]

Thanks for your comments, at the moment I am leaning towards the Eversolo Play and the new Eversolo SE100 speakers as they were designed for each other.

This will be for a second system in my new office / man cave once we move into our new house once it’s been finished.

We relocated from the UK to Poland last October and our main system, along with all our other chattels are still in storage there.

The main system is a Linn Selekt DSM Edition Hub with twin Stereo power out cartridges with two Organik DACs. These drive a pair of Linn 119 speakers, hence the tagline, “One box is the future”.

It may be nice to have two one box systems, each from a different manufacturer.

When our chattels arrive over here, there will be some plug changing and, in Poland there are no switched sockets neither.

So looking forward to getting everything set up.

DG….

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz

Good luck with your move to Poland and settle in quickly 🙂

Also consider SCS Prime all in one solution, the pricing is in the same ball park as the Eversolo and WiiM.

SVS Prime Wireless Pro Soundbase: Stream Across Rooms | HiFix The Hi-Fi Professionals https://share.google/SQaaMb2EyS7Jo4gCY

 

[DiggyGun]

Good luck with your move to Poland and settle in quickly 🙂

Also consider SCS Prime all in one solution, the pricing is in the same ball park as the Eversolo and WiiM.

SVS Prime Wireless Pro Soundbase: Stream Across Rooms | HiFix The Hi-Fi Professionals https://share.google/SQaaMb2EyS7Jo4gCY

Thanks for the information which I followed up on.

I was looking for a streaming amp that has native Qobuz and Jazz24 which are the only two things that I listen to.

Size wise their bookshelf speakers are too tall for where I want to put them and their satellite speakers will fit but not quite the right specs. The price for their streaming amp and speakers is a bit over my budget of £1000 as this will be a second system.

Thanks again for your suggestion and best wishes.

DG….

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz

 

[gasolin]

I do not want an amp or amp/streamer combo without aut room correction (use a good mic), it helps improve bass and the loud midbass,lower midrange i have.

A rega brio (latest version) is much more expensive than a wiim amp ultra,eversolo play and a wiim viblink + wiim streamer, a wiim amp,vibelink has double or more than double the power of a rega brio and that makes a difference, 2x50 watt in 8 ohm isn't much with 85-86 db sensitive speakers in a big room, may be enough but no extra headroom.

 

[DiggyGun]

Hi, my experience is quite "sweet" sound of eversolo, which is not my taste. WiiM is more resolute with worse app. My choice will be Rega Brio mk7 (with very good Dac inside) and Bluesound Node 4. They combined, using Node just as streaming drive via coax to Brio mk7 is truly great combination. Amp in Brio is a lot better than WiiM or Eversolo Play +you get very very good phonostage inside Brio.😉

Many thanks for your suggestion.

However, I am only considering a one box streamer / amp solution, hence the Eversolo Play or the Wiim Amp Ultra.

I appreciate that BlueSound have a similar product but this does not meet my requirements, which to reiterate are;
- One box streamer/ amp
- Separate passive speakers
- Budget £1000 for streamer / amp and speakers
- Display screen on streamer / amp
- Compact size for streamer / amp
- Speakers to fit inside Kallax cube

DG….

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz

 

[gasolin]

There are no other compact all in one, one box amp with streaming,room correction for a low price then wiim and eversolo

 

[DiggyGun]

There are no other compact all in one, one box amp with streaming,room correction for a low price then wiim and eversolo

Many thanks for the clarification, that has helped me a lot and saved me searching.

Now to decide between these two.

Thanks again for your help.

DG….

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz

 

[gasolin]

Again with the brio comparison

The wim amps (ultra and vibelink) has more power than the eversolo play, which also makes a difference in sound quality

Auto sync and eq and peq also makes a difference to why you should get a wiim amp ultra over an eversolo play unless ripping cd's is important

Eq settings for each input, gain/volume adjustment for each input

I think the wiim amp ultra has more features than the everolo play, only advantage it has is a bigger screen and cplayer as the biggest difference

 

[DiggyGun]

Again with the brio comparison

The wim amps (ultra and vibelink) has more power than the eversolo play, which also makes a difference in sound quality

Auto sync and eq and peq also makes a difference to why you should get a wiim amp ultra over an eversolo play unless ripping cd's is important

Eq settings for each input, gain/volume adjustment for each input

I think the wiim amp ultra has more features than the everolo play, only advantage it has is a bigger screen and cplayer as the biggest difference

Thanks for some more specific details regarding the benefits of the Wiim Amp Ultra. It looks like this will be better than the Eversolo Play.

My initial thoughts were the Wiim Amp Ultra as it has a nice small footprint very good features. I looked at a number of different speakers from different manufacturers, sized to fit within the Kallax cube.

The speakers that I preferred were ones from Dali and included the Kupid 83dB sensitivity and 4 Ohm, the Sonik 1 or the Oberon 1 which are both 6 Ohm and 86dB sensitivity.

I think from looking at the specs that the Wiim Amp Ultra would drive all the above mentioned Dali speakers.

Going with the Wiim Amp Ultra and Dali speakers will be under my budget. Whereas the Eversolo Play and SE100 speakers will be will be just over my budget.

Looking to get these around July time when we move into our new house.

DG….

One box is the future….. enjoy the Jazz