Hmm... Just got the SMSL and WiiM today. My mistake. The SMSL has no digital input. I can't believe I mistook the SW Out for a Coax. What would you do? Guessing the WiiM DAC isn't that great. If I connect by RCA, there is only the one digital to analog conversion, done by the WiiM. What...

That makes sense! Foobar mobile??? Wow I use Foobar as the Windows player. Musichi sends the music to the player. Nice tip! Also didn't know about the WTC website. Thanks so much!

Thank you but if the WiiM is connected to the network or PC, how does the SMSL receive the wifi signal? The antenna is bluetooth aptx only. ohh... The WiiM is connected to the SMSL by coax. It picks up the wifi signal sent out by the PC, which is a DLNA server sending music over the wifi...

Thanks! The WiiM looks great but the SMSL SA-400 doesn't have wifi. So it looks like I'll need a pair of these (transmit/receive). Would you connect the (receiving) WiiM pro to the SMSL by RCA or digital coax? The transmitting WiiM would connect to ethernet. I assume it would serve as a...

Thank you so much for helping. The problem with the antenna on the amp is that it is aptx, not aptxHD. So the new transmitter receiver pair was to bump the transmission signal quality up. The source is wma lossless. This is an extensive lifelong collection of ripped quality Beethoven CDs...

Would this work okay for the receiver/DAC (RCA to amp) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014A676BK/ref=ewc_pr_img_2?smid=A1S9GJABZS453T&th=1 and this for the PC transmitter? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08J7MKYN1/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A1YX4W46FS64NK&psc=1

We need to connect a Windows 10 machine (Fidelizer and Musichi Suite for classical) to a power amp (wired to outdoor speakers. This is to bring sweet Beethoven to our patio! The patio amp (speaker wires through wall) is SMSL SA400 and speakers Bowers & Wilkins AM-1 The SA400 has a bluetooth...

Hi Arcorob,   Corrections needed.  I compared the Kipsch ear plugs to the Grado SR80s and could easily hear a drastic difference in quality.  That happened.   Regarding desktop (not laptop) MB chipset (commonly available Realtek ALC889) being "cheapo," here is something objective about it...

I am not intending to be a judge of comments, but maybe my absence from high end audio for 25 years gives some useful insight.  Maybe not :-)   The need for a good DAC in the old days is inarguable.  My old Sony D-555 (last higher end item purchased) demonstrated that to me really well.  There...

Sage advice from a stranger can only be good.  I returned the DAC and got my $540.00 back.  Whew!  Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.  That is the most helpful advice someone can receive.

Agree that the MB based DACs are getting ever better.  There is a pretty good one on the PC I tested with and so there was no easily detectable difference.  The SR80s are Grados and already produce excellent sound.   Guess I was thinking it was possible to relive the sound produce by my old...

That's really helpful.  With a 500 budget and the fact that we are using SR80s, do you think we would get a better return on headphone upgrade (need 2)?  Read that going up the Grado scale (a bit) won't yield much.   Guess we could ditch the laptop playback and go through the AV Receiver...

Thanks for the help.  I'm still a little confused.  The DacMagic Plus lists 24 bit dual DACs.  Isn't that multibit?   If the CD is not sampled at a rate higher than 44.1, how can anything improve it other than by providing a cleaner signal to headphones (mobo noise)?   If the lossless rips...

Hi.  My wife and I love classical.  We have ripped our CD collection losslessly (by WMP) saved to PC and listen mostly through computer, frequently by a pair of Grados.   Will a DAC improve our sound if I listen to the lossless copies as they are?   We bought a DacMagic Plus (using 2.0...