You can use the Wiim app to access a variety of streaming services, or AirPlay, Bluetooth, and Chromecast Audio - the latter two options will be especially useful to Android users - as well as Spotify Connect/Tidal Connect. The Wiim Pro, by contrast, is festooned with wireless options. Only the company’s two portable speakers (the Move and the Roam) and its newest wired models (the Era 100 and 300) include Bluetooth. There’s also support for Spotify Connect and Tidal Connect, which lets you control your Sonos products directly from within these third-party apps. This gives Apple device owners a way to play music on a Sonos device without using the Sonos app. Since the Sonos One, Sonos has been including Apple’s AirPlay on all of its products, including the Port. All of the wireless connections Wiim Pro (top) and Sonos Port Simon Cohen / Digital Trends Only its soundbars offer this option, so this gives the Wiim Pro another advantage. Sonos has been somewhat resistant to providing inputs on its products - especially digital ones. The Port only has a single coaxial digital output - a curious choice given that optical inputs tend to be more common on a variety of speakers, TVs, and AV receivers. You get an optical input, plus an optical and coaxial digital set of outputs. The Wiim Pro is festooned with wireless options.Ī glance at the back panel reveals more similarities (and differences), with the biggest being the Wiim Pro’s digital port selection. I’m sure that Sonos figures most folks will prefer using the app for these functions, but it’s still a bit ironic that the company offers excellent touch controls on its other products, but not on the Port. Both devices have indicator lights on the front for power, but the Wiim Pro also features touch controls for volume (which can be swapped for track skipping), playback, and presets. The Wiim Pro (top) and Sonos Port Simon Cohen / Digital Trends Once you plug it into your sound system, there’s almost no reason to touch it again. To be fair, the Port feels more substantial in your hand, and its plastic is of a higher quality than the Wiim Pro’s. Both devices come with a power adapter and a set of RCA cables for analog connections, but the Wiim goes a step further with an included optical cable. They’re both made from black plastic, their dimensions are within a millimeter or two of each other, and even their circle-in-a-square bottom panels bear a strong resemblance to one another. Physically, the Wiim Pro isn’t just similar to the Sonos Port - it’s practically a carbon copy, right down to the fact that both “WIIM” and “SONOS” are ambigrams (they look the same right-side up, or upside down).
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