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WiiM Ultra
Stream Everything You Love
Streamline your sonic exploration with the WiiM Home app. Say goodbye to app-hopping; this all-in-one interface connects you to a plethora of popular music streaming services like Spotify, iHeartRadio, Tidal, Amazon Music, Qobuz, Napster, Pandora, TuneIn, Deezer, and more.
Superior Sound Quality
Premium 32-bit/384kHz ES9038 Q2M SABRE DAC, and high fidelity headphone amplifier TPA6120A2, delivers outstanding audio clarity with a THD+N of -116dB and an SNR of 121 dB for Line Out, up to -99 dB THD+N and 119 dB SNR for headphone out.
Connect with Ease
WiiM Ultra’s comprehensive connectivity suite offers USB, Optical, Coaxial, RCA outputs, and HDMI ARC, plus multiple inputs including RCA, Phono, and Optical. It’s designed to flawlessly integrate with both digital and analog systems, enhancing any audio setup with versatility and superior sound.
Cutting-Edge Wireless Tech
Latest Wi-Fi 6 and BT 5.3 with two antennas offering rock solid Bluetooth or Wi-Fi audio streaming
Your Music Looks Great
Features a 3.5" vibrant touch screen, displaying large album art, VU meter, instant feedback, music playback, and other customizable displays. This makes navigating through inputs, outputs, and settings a smoother and more user-friendly experience, also provides immediate visual feedback to the user's actions.
Seamless Multiroom Audio
Effortlessly create a unified sound system across your home using the WiiM Ultra with existing Amazon Echo, Google Home, and WiiM devices. Easily manage music streaming throughout your space with the intuitive WiiM Home App—control volume, synchronize speakers, save your favorite tunes, set alarms, and customize settings, all from one central hub.
Customized Hi-Res Audio
Stream crystal-clear music up to 24-bit/192 kHz from platforms like Spotify, Amazon Music, TIDAL, Qobuz, or your own library. Enjoy gapless playback and superior sound quality. Personalize your audio with advanced room correction and independent EQ settings tailored to your space.
Enhance Your Home Theater Experience
Quickly enhance your entertainment with the WiiM Ultra's HDMI ARC and Subwoofer Out. Experience rich stereo sound for movies, shows, and games. Customize your sound experience with tailored EQ settings. Add a powered subwoofer for deep, cinematic bass. The WiiM Ultra ensures your home audio setup is both powerful and straightforward, bringing superb sound quality with minimal effort.
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Professional Reviews 89/100
Nicely Roasted
Sound Quality
86/100
Build Quality
86/100
Features Connectivity
94/100
Value for Money
95/100
The clean, detailed sound and unusually broad connectivity make the Ultra feel like a true hub for modern hi-fi. Hi-Fi Choice and The Absolute Sound praise its flexible inputs, stable app control, and engaging tonal balance, while The Ear highlights its lively, fun presentation and strong value.
What Reviewers Are Saying
Pros
Clean, detailed, and natural-sounding playback with good bass control and articulate vocals.
Exceptionally flexible feature set: HDMI ARC, phono input, headphone out, sub out, USB, coax, optical, EQ, and room correction.
Excellent value for money, delivering a lot of functionality and performance for the price.
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Cons
Sound can be slightly shut-in or less spacious than pricier competitors in direct comparisons.
The headphone and preamp output behavior is less impressive than the rest of the unit’s feature set, with some reviewers preferring fixed volume or external gear.
Missing AirPlay support and some higher-end connectivity options like XLR outputs.
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 86/100
Reviewers consistently describe the Ultra as clean, detailed, and easy to live with, with low noise and a natural tonal balance. It can sound a little shut-in or slightly edged in some comparisons, and several reviewers note that a better external DAC or source can still open things up further.
Transparency Resolution
87/100
The reviews repeatedly call it clean, detailed, transparent, and low-noise, with fine detail coming through clearly. A few listeners also note that it can sound a bit shut-in or less revealing than pricier front ends in direct comparison.
Tonal Balance Musicality
88/100
Reviewers praise a natural tonal balance that avoids obvious brightness or bass heaviness, and say vocals sound lifelike and engaging. There is some mention of a slight edge in certain setups, but the overall character is described as enjoyable and easy to listen to.
Dynamics
85/100
The Ultra is repeatedly described as agile, punchy, and energetic, with decent snap and good microdynamics. Still, one reviewer felt the presentation lacked a little robustness and another found more powerful or costlier competitors to have greater drama and scale.
Soundstage Imaging
86/100
Several reviewers report an open, spacious presentation with precise placement and improved separation when set up well. At the same time, comparisons against more expensive units suggest it does not quite match the most expansive or three-dimensional presentations.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
86/100
Reviewers generally describe the Ultra as well put together, with good fit and finish, respectable build, and a more attractive casework treatment than earlier WiiM models. They also note that it feels lighter and less substantial than pricier high-end gear, so the consensus is competent rather than luxurious.
Features Connectivity
94/100
This is one of the Ultra’s biggest strengths: reviewers highlight HDMI ARC, phono input, line input, headphone output, subwoofer output, optical/coax/USB outputs, room correction, EQ, remote control, and extensive streaming support. The combination of streaming-preamplifier functionality and unusually broad connectivity makes it stand out strongly in its class.
Value for Money
95/100
Reviewers are emphatic that it offers an extraordinary amount of functionality for the asking price and repeatedly frame it as a high-value, hard-to-beat proposition. Several call it a no-brainer or say it makes them question why you would need to spend more, especially given how much capability is packed into the price.
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