In addition to being Roon ready and DLNA-compliant, the Amp Pro also plays nice with Alexa Cast, Google Cast, Spotify Connect, and Tidal Connect. It can be accessed through music streaming services, internet radio providers and what have you. WiiM Home App It is free for iOS and Android.
If the device hosting the app goes dormant, it may take a moment or two to catch itself, and it's not exactly the last word in logic where navigation is concerned, but otherwise it's at its most thorough and useful. One of the examples is type around. As well as allowing access to Amazon Music, Deezer, Qobuz, VTuner and many other services, it includes a room-correction routine, a 10-band EQ (with a staggering 24 presets), a dozen “favorites” for Space included. A balance control, and even an alarm clock.
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If you prefer to operate your device that way, and if you're only interested in issuing your demands verbally, the Amp Pro is compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, so the device comes with a fairly comprehensive remote control. Comes with the handset.
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No matter how you prefer to control it, the WiiM Amp Pro is a friendly and easy-to-operate device. Provided you keep things sensible and proportionate in the matter This speaker is playing And there is no difficulty in listening to the source device it is supporting.
“Play to your strengths with a 24-bit/48-kHz FLAC file of”common landBy James Holden via TIDAL Connect, and the Amp Pro proves to be extremely adept in many ways. For example, it creates a beautiful tonal balance – there's just 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) rolling off of the highest frequencies, the frequency response from top to bottom is also even and smooth.
At the bottom of the frequency range the Amp Pro hits with real determination. It handles the attack of bass sounds with an authority that allows rhythms to be expressed with reasonable confidence. There's authentic variation in the low-level material, lots of detail about tone and texture is revealed, and it's all placed in solid context.