Connecting Mac mini M4 2024 to Wiim amp

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Connecting Mac mini M4 2024 to Wiim amp

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I found it impossible to get any sound on my passive speakers coming from Mac mini (YouTube, bandcamp, Spotify, etc...) via my wiim amp, both linked by hdmi/hdmi 4k cable. Besides, I managed to select Wiim amp in Sound menu (Apple System settlings) as the output. Which connection Mac Mini/Wiim Amp do you recommend ? I could read somewhere I would need a Toslink optical/USB-C adaptor. Meaning usb-c cable (from Mac) --- tousling/usb-c adaptor --- toslink cable (to Wiim).

Posted on Nov 8, 2025 1:24 PM

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Answer 1

MartinR

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Nov 8, 2025 6:23 PM in response to antoine-Op

You have the Mac/Wiim amp connection set up for Airplay. I think that's the reason the HDMI out is not working for you. In the Wimm app setup, have you selected the HDMI input as the source input?

Regarding Airplay, I am not very familiar with the Wimm amps, but I found this article about using Wiim with Airplay. You may also need to select Airplay as the source input in the Wimm app.

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antoine-Op Author

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Nov 8, 2025 5:54 PM in response to MartinR

1) I confirm it doesn't work with hdmi cable between Mac and Wiim.

2) I tried to operate something via audio midi app, nothing more successful happens.

I guess the problem comes from Mac settings. When I go into Sound menu (system settings), three outputs are offered: my Dell PC screen, the Mac mini speaker, and the third is WiiM Amp. BUT when I try to select the latter, a window opens and tells (you can see it below as a screenshot: sorry in French !), to set differently something within the Apple "Home application". Well, I had a look on that Home application and couldn't find any possibility to change the settings concerning wiim output. So to make it short, I can't technically choose Wiim Amp as the sound output.

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MartinR

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Nov 8, 2025 4:56 PM in response to antoine-Op

If you have connected your Mac mini HDMI out to your Wiim amp HDMI in, it should work. You "may" need to select the Wiim amp as your output device in your Mac's Audio MIDI settings app.

What do you mean by your "passive speakers?" Are you trying to get audio to passive speakers connected to your Wimm amp's output?

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