Mini Music Streamer for Stereo Systems with AirPlay 2 & Hi-Res Audio

I got this little gem only today. I have an SMSL AD18 class D amp that has served me very well since 2019. It is connected to a pair of Q acoustics 3020i and a Presonus Eris subwoofer. The amp is connected to my PC and Mac through USB. The sound quality I have always considered excellent, at least to my non-audiophile ears. However, music through the amp's 4.2 Bluetooth connection has been acceptable but non-satisfying. I decided to upgrade the AD18 within a budget of less than £200. I settled on the Aiyima A80, based on extensive reviews and the fact that it came with Bluetooth 5.1. It turned out, very surprisingly, the Bluetooth sound quality was far worse than that through the AD18. I promptly sent the Aiyima back to Amazon. Though over my initial budget, I contemplated getting a WiiM amp but found out it cannot connect to a computer through USB like the AD18 and the only way to input sound from my PC/Mac was to use a USB A to optical adapter. I did not want to that. I lost the zeal to try other amps and decided to stick with my dependable AD18 and find another way of wirelessly streaming from my iPhone. I did more research and decided to try the AirPlay 2. I was genuinely surprised at how small it turned out to be. It came with 4 cables: a USB C to USB C, optical, 3.5mm male to RCA and 3.5 male to male. Setup was extremely easy. I downloaded the WiiM Home app through a QR code provided in the instruction booklet. The app connected the AirPlay 2 to my wi-fi with no problem. I then connected the AirPlay 2 to my AD18 amp through the optical cable. I already had Spotify on my phone and the WiiM Home app recognised this without a hitch. I apologise this is cliched - but I was very much blown away. The sound now coming out of my Q Acoustics/Presonus has been of a far better quality than that produced by my Mac through a USB A cable. It is rich and the clarity and bass revealing. I had thought that £89 for such a small product (without a remote control) that only streams audio would not be at all worth it. However, the AirPlay 2 has given a completely new life to my sound set up. It is the little thing that could, and then some! I have not tried its Alexa compatibility and at this time, I do not believe I need to purchase the separate WiiM remote control. Of course - it is early days yet and I will have to wait and see if it turns out as reliable as my trusty SMSL AD18. At this time, I am extremely satisfied with my purchase. I will update if any problems crop up!

I originally used Sonos back in 2010 with the old BU250 bundle, an S5 and a ZoneBridge. At the time, it was miles ahead of any other multi-room audio system. It felt polished, reliable and genuinely premium. I eventually lost faith in Sonos after the controversy around potentially bricking older hardware despite customers spending huge amounts on their ecosystem. They later backtracked, but by then I was renovating a new house, and there was little point investing further, especially with newer Series 2 devices introducing compatibility headaches and prices climbing into the stratosphere. With my budget tighter, I ended up building a DIY multi-room setup using Amazon Echo devices connected to various amplifiers. It worked to an extent, but Amazon’s multi-room implementation always felt like an afterthought rather than a properly designed system. Grouping rooms could be inconsistent, syncing was hit-and-miss, and the audio quality was mediocre. The final nail in the coffin was Amazon removing the 3.5mm output from newer Echo devices. That was when I stumbled across WiiM. The WiiM Mini is the first product in years that has genuinely reminded me of the old Sonos experience, just without the painful pricing. I currently have two WiiM Minis installed in different zones. One is connected to a Fosi Audio TB10A amplifier powering a pair of Edifier P12 speakers in my gazebo, while the other runs Polk Audio RC60i ceiling speakers in the conservatory through another TB10A amp. Both have been extremely reliable over Wi-Fi with no noticeable latency issues when grouped for multi-room playback. The Mini’s biggest strength is flexibility. It works brilliantly in locations where Ethernet is unavailable or awkward to run. Audio starts quickly, rooms sync properly, and the app feels polished rather than cobbled together. The WiiM Home app is excellent and supports all the major streaming services I actually use, including SoundCloud, which many systems still ignore. It also handles local network playback and local device playback without issue. Sound quality is noticeably better than the old Echo setup. Paired with decent amplifiers and speakers, these little units perform far beyond what their size suggests. The built-in EQ controls are also useful for tuning different rooms. My wider setup now spans around 10 zones using a mixture of amplifiers and speakers, including Yamaha NS-IC800 ceiling speakers, Lithe Audio bathroom speakers and even some surprisingly decent Amazon Basics ceiling speakers. I am gradually replacing more of the old Echo-based system with WiiM products as budget allows. One thing worth mentioning is that the Mini makes the most sense for locations where Ethernet is unavailable or difficult to run, especially given the price difference compared to the WiiM Pro. If you already have wired network points available, I would personally lean towards the Pro instead because the Ethernet connection is better suited to permanent whole-home audio installs. However, at roughly £90 versus around £150 for the Pro, the Mini still offers excellent value and performs surprisingly well over Wi-Fi. This feels like what Sonos used to be before it became overpriced and overly locked into its own ecosystem: proper multi-room audio, well implemented, without needing to remortgage the house.

This wiim mini is great value as it does alot for such a small size. I have an old traditional hifi separates setup, and wanted to update it with Spotify/Tidal and Internet radio, this device did that. I just connected to rca input of amp. If you have an amp with digital optical input, you can also connect it that way, which is better because you bypass the average wiim mini built-in dac Hardware. The dac isn't the best but acceptable especially at the price of £89 Mini has... 3.5mm Aux in input 3.5mm Aux Output Optical Out (Ideal for external dac or amp) Usb C power port You also get all cables needed but no usb plug adapter Wiim home App. It's so easy to setup, you down load app and then connect wiim mini via WiFi. They are regularly updating firmware on app, which is reassuring! Sound Quality. Overall I'm very happy with Sound quality from wifi Spotify/Tidal going through my old marantz pm6010ose amp and elac debut 2.0 b5.2 speakers. There's also EQ and Parametric EQ also, if you are into it. I would recommend this Streamer.

Setting is initially simple and then not. I have full fibre with beacons adding wider coverage the whole system hard wired. 2.4 & 5 gh with IPv6. Configuring it to get a usable connection I found hard . Finally switching the mini to IPv6 at 5gh gave me a good signal . It took a day. I run two speakers Q acoustics MH20HD, it’s great but the Wiim software looses connection all the time . Not with the speakers but with the phone should you wish to check the connection. Other then the flakey software the music system is great , streaming lossless music via Spotify and using my Alexa spot as a handset giving oral instructions, Worth the money , great sound. Great little streamer.

Amazing product, sends the best possible signal to your music system and when paired with a decent dac produces sound quality that only the most pedantic audiophile would seek to better. I wanted this to grade up from a bluetooth connection in a garden wood cabin with no wifi, difficult as this product relies on wifi to transmit. Had all kinds of problems and arranged to return it twice without going through with it. The feature missing with this device is an internally generated wifi signal like you can get with hdmi wireless airplay dongles, because an iphone can only handle one wifi signal at a time so to connect an iphone you need a second iphone to create a wifi hotspot which has the wiim app on and makes the connection to the device and your first phone provides the wifi signal for streaming. The mistake i made was to download the wiim app on the first phone also at which point everything went silent as the first phone cannot deal with more than one wifi simultaneously. Once you understand this and are prepared to reset the wiim by pressing the play button for more than ten seconds and reloading the app on the second phone then you can get this to work. The eq setting is very poor and i cannot see how you can turn it off, on guides it shows an off setting but there doesn’t seem to be one in the app. This also comes up as a question in user forums. Also the room set up is best avoided it takes the slam and space out of the sound and again has no off setting other then navigating right through the app settings to do a factory reset, just pressing the unit for ten seconds resets the unit but not the app. Suggest Wiim look at the Audeze Maxwell for example of how it should be done. Don’t use auto settings tune it yourself until it sounds right to you. Then you have fantastic sound quality from a strong signal, the inboard dac is ok but for the same cost again you can connect up an outboard dac like smsl su1 through the optical lead provided in the box and you have sound quality that really should satisfy 95% of audiophiles. You can also pass analogue sound through this device by the supplied 3.5mm lead, for instance i am connecting a karaoke machine through with its own airplay wifi network, to pass through. Of course in a home wifi network most of the above connection issues do not apply, a single iphone can connect easily and you have multi-room connection opportunities also. Adding a remote to this, which is available separately, is quite difficult as when i followed the instructions it didn’t connect, which maybe why it is described on Amazon as a frequently returned product, but the best way is to reset the wiim and then select remote as you go through the reconnection process.

I have replaced multiple Google Chromecast Audio pucks with these Wiim Minis. Whilst slightly larger than the Chromecast, they look a bit more professional and seem to be very solid. It's provided a much better multiroom sound option that supports various lossless options and the sound quality to all of the active speakers has increased as a result. They also provide me a method for streaming audio from my turntable to any of the sets of speakers in the house, which makes listening to vinyl so much more accessible, and is significantly easier to use than some of the other solutions I've tried. They'd get 5/5 for this alone. The app is also very easy to use, allowing easy set up of connectivity to appropriate mesh access points. I'd fully recommend the Wiim system to others as a great way to open up multiroom sound at a low entry price.

So, I am no audiophile, but I have always liked my music and have had some good systems over my 60 years. This WiiM streamer has brought my NAD Viso 1 back to life since the Optical connection between the two makes for a magnificent connection with my Amazon music and my various Digital Audio Players [Pioneer XDP 30 and some Fiio units] since this little WiiM gem takes 3.5mm Aux out from the DAPs – as line out – and outputs to my NAD via optical – I get the best of both bits of technology…. Thank you WiiM mini… Moreover, since I am an Amazon Prime customer, I can stream my Amazon music to the NAD via optical and another Aux-in speaker; an Astell and Kern via 3.5mm (not at the same time of course), but wow….. this is very high-quality output to a couple of very high-quality speakers. Given the Amazon ecosystem I found that I am able to control the WiiM via my Echo show devices; which makes for a good visual controller. I understand that echo voice devices work with it too. I bought the remote to make things even more convenient. The Wiim also connects with other major streaming providers, but I don’t have Spotify or any of the others. As I read this back, it appears like I am a bit too positive about this WiiM Mini; I am just very pleased that it has brought a NAD unit back to life (well regular use anyway - as it will for many analogue apps too I suspect ) and helped me integrate my Amazon music as a consequence. I confess to being rather pleased; & it is simple to setup via the excellent App.

Bought to stream music from a disc drive on the home network. Downloading the Wiim app and configuring the Mini is very straight forward, plus it found the drive and let me browse the music without a hitch. I've now bought a second Mini, one for the kitchen and one for the lounge, both connected to sound bars using 3.5mm jack cables (Bluetooth can be used but there's no audio compression when using a cable). Audio quality is great. My partner also has the app on her iPhone and we can both control what's playing in either room, including the volume. Really neat pieces of kit, I have no problem recommending them for the price.

Very easy to install and versatile usable

I recently bought a Denon CEOL all in one receiver with HEOS built in. So I needed to decide which streaming service (WIIM vs HEOS) I was going to use. Denon had had problematic software control, which was significantly upgraded in January 2024. It seems to work fairly well, now. WIIM seems to receive almost (not quite, but close) universal praise for its control software. Why I went with WIIM: * Greater chance of fewer problems with software. * More flexible in that I could use inexpensive speakers, and my existing legacy gear with it. * As one who uses hearing aids, I am unlikely to get to the point where HEOS's promised higher fidelity (and higher subsequent costs) will make a significant difference to me. * WIIM supports one of my favorite 2nd tier streaming services, Calm Radio), and HEOS does not. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT the WIIM mini: * VERY tiny! it sits on top of my elderly Technics SA GX190 with the vent holes on top in the area with no vent holes with room to spare in the spot with NO vent holes. * It came with all the cables I needed to connect my device to my Technics, and even included stuff I couldn't use. * It connected to the aux in RCA ports of my Technics reliever quite well. And the legacy Technics can control bass, treble, & volume quite readily. * Setup was EASY an straight forward. I believe literally ANYONE can do it. * Sound is VERY good, With or without my Hearing aids. My wife who doesn't uses HAs also thinks the streaming sound is very good. Maybe not as good as the new Denon HEOS streaming, but that could be the quality of speakers on the Denon as opposed to the Technics. * The WIIM software is easy to use after set up. I like using my Android device as a remote control for the mini. WHAT I DON'T Like about the WIIM Mini: * Only one thing really. The cord that connected the miniplug out of the mini to the RCA connectors, was all black (both RCA pins), so I couldn't tell which cord was 'left' and which was "Right'. I must have guessed correctly because it worked OK. I upgraded to a third party cable. IN CONCLUSION: I am pleased with my purchase. It seems well made, and the performance is better than I expected. The sound is quite good, particularly for a casual listener, even those who aren't hearing impaired. Could you do better? Yes, but I doubt you could do better for less than $100 US. Connectivity is good, Set up is easy, and the software is easy to use. I will likely expand my whole house audio system with WIIM products, even one for my Denon CEOL receiver.

Excelente producto. Me sirvio para darle nueva vida a una Bose Soundock 10. Hace poco consegui in adaptador bluetooth 5.0 para esta bocina. Queria una manera de conectarlo por medio de AirPlay, este producto WiiM es muy facil de usar y tiene un sonido excelente. Puedo usar la version Losless de la musica Apple y suena muy bien

Très heureux de mon achat. J’écoute beaucoup Spotify et après un déménagement je souhaitais profiter des mes enceintes amplifiées Kanto dans ma chambre et Audioengine dans le salon avec Spotify Connect. La qualité sonore est nettement supérieur car il permet d’utiliser le WIFI. Avec Spotify connect, le changement d’appareil se fait sans tracas. De plus, il incorpore le Airplay 2 d’Apple. Lorsque j’écoute un film sur Netflix sur l’Apple TV, il se branche automatiquement sur les enceintes. Fait la même chose pour les autres services (Tidal, Google, Alexa, etc.). Son DAC fait aussi du bon travail selon les critiques sur Internet. J’en ai donc acheté un deuxième deux semaines après le premier achat! La compagnie fait aussi des mises à jours pour améliorer son profuit, ce qui est apprécié.

Bien sûr 😊 Voici un avis positif, naturel et crédible : Titre : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent petit streamer audio Commentaire : Très satisfait de ce WiiM Mini ! Installation simple et rapide, excellente qualité audio et fonctionnement parfaitement fluide. Il permet de moderniser facilement une chaîne Hi-Fi sans se compliquer la vie. Le son est vraiment très bon et l’application est agréable à utiliser. Un excellent rapport qualité/prix, je recommande sans hésiter ! 👍🎶