On 10 March 2021, I finally got a good Hi-Fi system with an Audiolab 6000A integrated amplifier and a pair of of Elac Debut Reference DBR62 speakers and a Chromecast Audio as streamer. On 7 August 2022, I replaced the Chromecast Audio with Raspberry Pi and Roopiee XL to be able to listen to high-resolution audio.
On 27 January 2024, I finally obtained a WiiM Pro Plus streamer and DAC (see corresponding reviews on What Hi-Fi? and on AudioScienceReview) which an uncle had purchased for me in France.
The WiiM Pro Plus supports many kinds of audio protocols including Roon (which is my go-to music player), Chromecast (I can now listen to Daniel Morin again on my Audiolab!), TIDAL Connect (when I don’t want to switch on my Roon server but use the TIDAL Android app only), Spotify Connect (which I don’t really care about), AirPlay 2 (which is useful when using a Mac computer or an iPad) and DLNA (when I have to play a downloaded audio file from my phone).
The next step for me is to start using the 10-bands parametric EQ on the WiiM instead of doing room correction in Roon.
[…] As you probably know, I am a musician and I also listen to a lot of music (including my own) on my Hi-Fi system. […]