"Pioneer" room

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Pioneer SA-9800 + Pioneer SG-9800 + Pioneer HPM-100 + Technics SL-1200 MK2 + Wiim Pro Plus
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    Interesting!  For me - when I connect the Wiims to my amp / speakers, I can't really hear any difference.  I expected something - anything, but nope.

    But I'm also a YT Music user - and I can actually hear a huge difference between YT and Amazon.  Funny that ChatGPT has given me the same responses over and over, regardless of how I had twisted my questions - for my usecase I would hear hardly any difference between my Wiim and a $5K HiFi Rose, but I would hear a bigger difference updating to a better streaming service.  So thank you, ChatGPT for saving me $5k.

    But yes - YT Music definitely has a better selection of what I like, so I'm keeping it for what's not available on Amazon.

    vvvvvv6

    Hi!

    I have 2 mini’s as well.  It’s where I started and got hooked to Wiim and its whole value offering.

    The difference between the products is their dac offerings…mini + pro  vs plus vs. ultra.  I hear a small but meaningful difference between the mini and plus.  Never heard an ultra but am told the difference is even smaller.  So no surprise you hear no difference between them. The key is that you enjoy them all and your music!

    I have very little experience with Amazon as I am a huge YouTube Music user.  I tried high res on Qobuz for a month and really could not hear a difference.  Moreover less than @0% of all tracks on high rez sites are true hi rez.

    I have zero problems with YouTube Connect and no one completes with the size of their music & video library.  As a music lover, its most important to me.  We also enjoy ad free YouTube video’s on TV…we watch a lot of YT content.  All for $13.99 / month…such a deal!

    linnie01

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    @linnie01 and @faustuss - Thank you!
    I have all three, actually - the Pro, Pro Plus and Ultra.
    I can't tell the difference, ha! They all sound good to me, I can't tell any difference when connecting the Wiims one by one to the same integrated.

    One SUPER irritating issue, though - Amazon Music doesn't properly work with Wiim with respect to volume normalization. For some reason Amazon might have different loudness from one song to another, even on the same album. Are you observing anything similar? 

    vvvvvv6

    Nice system!

    How do you like your Wiim Pro Plus?  I have two of them and could not be happier for $219 each.  Tremendous streaming platform and a very respectable dac.

    linnie01

    Classic!

    faustuss

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