Cankin Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 Stereophile: Wadia Need Next? DAC only $999 DAC w/ HP amp $1499 No, I don't need a new DAC, my DacMagic is very good Quote
Cankin Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Posted January 10, 2009 oh, didn't know there were talks about it already.......... Quote
slwiser Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 To bad they did not get Justin to do the amp for them. Quote
bhd812 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 To bad they did not get Justin to do the amp for them. LOL Quote
postjack Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 I still don't understand the appeal of that fucking iTransport. Quote
bhd812 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 in simple it turns ur ipod as a transport and after you connect ur fav dac to the digi out.. I really would love to hear the comparsions to the Benchmark usb and this new DAC from Wadia Quote
Dreadhead Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 in simple it turns ur ipod as a transport and after you connect ur fav dac to the digi out.. I really would love to hear the comparsions to the Benchmark usb and this new DAC from Wadia Well if it's like other wadia, the DAC will be a lot less harsh and more "musical". Wadia's filter rolls off like a mo-fo. Quote
postjack Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 in simple it turns ur ipod as a transport and after you connect ur fav dac to the digi out. I understand what it does, I don't understand why people would want that. Quote
justin Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 To bad they did not get Justin to do the amp for them. I think Wadia is very capable of designing a headphone amp Headphone outs on the DACs like Benchmark, Lavry, never get any credibility on Head-Fi though. Maybe these companies care more about Head-Fi than they like to say they do Quote
slwiser Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 I think Wadia is very capable of designing a headphone amp Headphone outs on the DACs like Benchmark, Lavry, never get any credibility on Head-Fi though. Maybe these companies care more about Head-Fi than they like to say they do I know I have always enjoyed the Lavry Headamp's performance more than many others give it credit as well as it's Dac. Note I own two of them and am waiting your own release of your DAC to get a third excellent source. Quote
bhd812 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 I understand what it does, I don't understand why people would want that. I can see people using it as a office rig, keeping the ipod updated is easier and used better in portable then keeping another computer as source... they probably have these back ordered from the interest. smart move on Wadia part for partnering with RSA, one complaint lots of people say about the dac1 is the headamp. Quote
bhd812 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 Well if it's like other wadia, the DAC will be a lot less harsh and more "musical". Wadia's filter rolls off like a mo-fo. explain this roll off? can u compre it to a Meridian house sound? I love the DAC1 but it ain't no G08 dac, its to accurate and flat...like a studio would want (explains why they made it like that) but the G08 is mushly amazing.. think i am missing my G08.. Quote
Dreadhead Posted January 10, 2009 Report Posted January 10, 2009 explain this roll off? can u compre it to a Meridian house sound? I love the DAC1 but it ain't no G08 dac, its to accurate and flat...like a studio would want (explains why they made it like that) but the G08 is mushly amazing.. think i am missing my G08.. I'm not saying it doesn't sound good I'm just saying it's down almost 3dB at 20kHz which is a lot for most DACs: Stereophile: Wadia 27ix & Wadia 270 transport Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted January 11, 2009 Report Posted January 11, 2009 I understand what it does, I don't understand why people would want that.Because now it's just like any other computer source, and you can plug it into any DAC you want -- dCS, EMM Labs, Wadia, Accuphase. You don't see the appeal of that? Now you're not stuck with the iPod's internal DAC. Quote
guzziguy Posted November 26, 2009 Report Posted November 26, 2009 The only thing that is small about the 151PowerDAC mini Quote
The Monkey Posted December 2, 2009 Report Posted December 2, 2009 Looks like it's available for $1199.00: MUSICDIRECT - WADIA - 151 PowerDAC Mini BLACK Quote
jpelg Posted December 2, 2009 Report Posted December 2, 2009 So now it's got an integrated speaker amp rather than a headphone amp? Quote
TC_Shadow Posted December 2, 2009 Report Posted December 2, 2009 151 Discuss. let me drive down to Wadia and check that out for your Quote
mypasswordis Posted December 2, 2009 Report Posted December 2, 2009 What speakers are you going to be using? Quote
manaox2 Posted December 2, 2009 Report Posted December 2, 2009 Did the Wadia 121 change models into a 151 or am I looking at something different but similar in the way that it includes an integrated amp? Quote
n_maher Posted December 2, 2009 Report Posted December 2, 2009 So now it's got an integrated speaker amp rather than a headphone amp? Probably makes a lot more sense, at least to me it does. Quote
thrice Posted December 2, 2009 Report Posted December 2, 2009 Yeah, I bet the market for an integrated speaker amp was much larger than the headphone amp market. I wonder if it's a response to Headroom's computer desktop system (sans headphone amp of course)? Or more generally, an acknowledgement of the growing number of audiophiles that might want a higher quality speaker system at their computer. Quote
Hopstretch Posted December 2, 2009 Report Posted December 2, 2009 I would guess it's aimed at the Peachtree stuff. The Decco and Nova seem to have done really well. Quote
The Monkey Posted December 2, 2009 Report Posted December 2, 2009 What speakers are you going to be using? Blech! Speakers! Quote
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