Audio Pro adds WiiM to its wireless speakers to show up Sonos’ woes

If you're looking for great-sounding speakers pinch multi-room capacity but nan ongoing Sonos app saga has put you disconnected that peculiar option, Audio Pro person conscionable nan point – aliases rather, things. The high-end audio patient has launched 2 caller WiiM-enabled speakers, nan C5 MK II WiiM Edition and nan A10 MK II WiiM edition.

We really for illustration Audio Pro's wireless speakers: erstwhile we reviewed nan Audio Pro C20 earlier this twelvemonth we gave it nan afloat 5 stars and praised its "exuberant, insightful, elaborate sound". And nan specification of some caller speakers looks beautiful tasty.

The A10 MK II is simply a cylindrical powered speaker pinch dual low-frequency radiators and nan C10 MK II is simply a much traditional-looking powered stereo speaker pinch a bass reflex port. They person some Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0, and nan A10 MK II has a 3.5mm input while nan C10 MK II has RCA connectors. The C10 MK II besides has a subwoofer output.

Great sound is conscionable a WiiM away, a WiiM away, a Wiim away...

Both speakers tally nan WiiM OS. WiiM, pronounced "whim", is simply a wireless audio level developed by contributors including Google and Harmon, and it's already been utilized to powerfulness immoderate awesome hi-res audio streamers. As Audio Pro says successful a remark that's perfectly not a reference to immoderate rival shaper of nan best wireless speakers, "with nan integration of WiiM OS [the speakers are] smarter than ever astatine a clip erstwhile multiroom rivals person mislaid their streaming smarts".

In position of features that intends support for each nan cardinal euphony casting services: Apple AirPlay, Google Chromecast, DLNA, Spotify Connect and TIDAL Connect. The speakers support up to 24-bit/192kHz audio, and they travel pinch automatic room correction to set their audio to your circumstantial environment.

Both products are disposable this month, October 2024; nan A10 MK II is $229 (the original type is disposable for £220 / AU$449) and nan C10 MK II is $399 (£329 / AU$699).