Wiim Ultra with BeoSound5/Beomaster5?

[Allan Queen]

Hi all ,

Has anyone tried connecting a Wiim Ultra to a Beomaster5 and did you use the USB audio connection?

I have a Beosound/Beomaster5 set up for audio & I currently use a USB Behringer UCA222 SoundCard connected to the Beomaster5 USB input & a stereo audio switch connected to the soundcard to switch input from either a Chromecast Audio for Spotify or a Rega turntable. It works but its a bit clunky.

I am considering “upgrading” to a Wiim Ultra to clean up the input side of my set up, connecting the turntable to the Wiim RCA inputs and using the Wiim Ultra’s inbuilt Spotify capabilities. But it only makes sense if I can connect directly to the Beomaster5 through the USB audio input. Can this be done? I read somewhere that the BM5 had a firmware update to be compatible with the Behringer plus the “USB Out” option in the WiiM Home app only appears when a compatible, powered-on USB DAC is connected to the USB port.

Has anyone gone down this route? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[Millemis]

Since the USB on the BM5 can only be used for the external soundcard/the Behringer, you will have to use the analog L/R input for connecting the WiiM via the L/R output there.

To my knowledge there is no way to connect directly via the USB.
However, I did not try it – nor have I heard anyone else do that.
Why not try it yourself and report back here.

 

P.S.

What is wrong with using the L/R’s for connecting the WiiM/what are your concerns there?

 

MM

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