The Pro iDSD Signature may not be listed on Roon's compatible device list, but you can get around it with this bridge to where, once again, things could have been simpler for the end user. Ethernet connectivity is best handled after this or via an Ethernet Bridge / NAS / WiiM Home + PC.Īnother option, which can be done after the network setup, is to use the provided iFi Bridge for Roon software, once again accessible on this page as with the firmware update and USB audio drivers.
Once done, the WiiM Home app can be set up to play local music or through pre-selected streaming services and this is routed to the Pro iDSD Signature over WiFi.
You can also theoretically use WPS on both the unit and your router but I could not get this to work no matter what I tried, including with multiple different routers. The WiiM Home app will then search for and hopefully find the Pro iDSD Signature which can then be connected to your home network. It took some frustration and plenty of searching online to get things going, including choosing the "App" input and the Bit-Perfect filter, then launching the app and connecting the phone to the iFi generated WiFi network in that very specific order. The online user manual does mention the new name and I'd suggest going with the mobile version to make it easier, but even here the lack of clear instructions from iFi about how to actually set things up don't help. Muzo was renamed to WiiM Home and you need to download the respective Android / iOS / macOS / Windows program here.
The problem is that all the printed manuals, videos, and launch day coverage talk about this app which is now something else entirely under the same name. During the R&D phase, and perhaps this is shared with some other iFi streamers too, the company decided to use the estwhile-called Muzo app to set up the Pro iDSD Signature for streaming. The iFi Pro iDSD Signature is also a streamer, hence the WiFi and Ethernet connectivity options, but this is the one time that I felt things could have been far better implemented for the average end user.
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