Audio Pro adds WiiM to its wireless speakers to show up Sonos’ woes
Every one’s a WiiM-er baby, that’s the truth
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If you’re looking for great-sounding speakers with multi-room capability but the ongoingSonos app sagahas put you off that particular option, Audio Pro have just the thing – or rather, things. The high-end audio firm has launched two new WiiM-enabled speakers, the C5 MK II WiiM Edition and the A10 MK II WiiM edition.
We really like Audio Pro’s wireless speakers: when we reviewed theAudio Pro C20earlier this year we gave it the full five stars and praised its “exuberant, insightful, detailed sound”. And the specification of both new speakers looks pretty tasty.
The A10 MK II is a cylindrical powered speaker with dual low-frequency radiators and the C10 MK II is a more traditional-looking powered stereo speaker with a bass reflex port. They have both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0, and the A10 MK II has a 3.5mm input while the C10 MK II has RCA connectors. The C10 MK II also has a subwoofer output.
Great sound is just a WiiM away, a WiiM away, a Wiim away…
Both speakers run the WiiM OS. WiiM, pronounced “whim”, is a wireless audio platform developed by contributors includingGoogleand Harmon, and it’s already been used to power some impressive hi-res audio streamers. As Audio Pro says in a comment that’s absolutely not a reference to any rival maker of thebest wireless speakers, “with the integration of WiiM OS [the speakers are] smarter than ever at a time when multiroom rivals have lost their streaming smarts”.
In terms of features that means support for all the key music casting services:AppleAirPlay, Google Chromecast, DLNA, Spotify Connect and TIDAL Connect. The speakers support up to 24-bit/192kHz audio, and they come with automatic room correction to adjust their audio to your specific environment.
Both products are available this month, October 2024; the A10 MK II is $229 (the original version is available for £220 / AU$449) and the C10 MK II is $399 (£329 / AU$699).
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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.
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