Characteristically, the email from Kal Rubinson got straight to the point: “I have a WiiM Mini that I have played with, but I am not the right one to review this as I am not sufficiently interested in or knowledgeable about wireless streaming. It … can handle uncompressed PCM via its DACs.”
“I’ll review it,” I replied, intrigued by a $99 D/A processor that can stream hi-rez audio via Wi-Fi and that also has an analog input so it can act as a preamplifier. Functionally, the Mini resembles the Lumin P1 that I reviewed in the April 2022 issue1 but at a tiny fraction of the Lumin’s price. I was particularly interested in using the WiiM streamer as a network bridge with legacy D/A processors that don’t have a network or USB port, such as the Mark Levinson No.30.6 I bought in the 1990s.2
The Mini
The WiiM Mini is a tiny, circular device just " high, made by Linkplay Technology. The top has three capacitive touch icons—Play/Pause, Volume Up, and Volume Down—and a multicolor LED that indicates basic functional status and activity. It flashes white quickly when the Mini is booting up and slowly when it is ready to be set up; it flashes green quickly
