![]() ![]() With PCM support up to 32/768 and DSD up to 256, no native file is left behind.įerrum’s default filter choice is HQ Apodizing, its default Hypsos setting 24V which is safely adjustable from 22-30V. If we don’t own a single MQA file, no issue either. Wandla can play such files as that codec intended. Own a large MQA library? That won’t vanish should MQA the company fold. MQA is aboard yet their lossy algorithm is bypassed for all non-MQA content. flac files in their hi-rez tier with no intentions of acquiring MQA’s assets, Wandla doesn’t care. Though MQA declared insolvency by April 2023 and streaming service Tidal announced that they’d be shortly offering standard. As demands arise, Wandla’s software will add other pin configs. Wandla exploits Sabre’s on-chip version for digital, for analog dual-mono Muses PGA which buffer by opamps “whose careful selection proved crucial for best sonics.” Initial I2S pin configuration is in the PS Audio mode which proved perfect for my Singxer SU-2/SU-6 USB bridges. The same goes for volume control execution. Wandla measures 21.7×20.6x5cm WxDxH and weighs 1.8kg.įerrum would remind chip spotters who conflate ESS (or any other brand) with a particular sound that beyond power supply and analog output stage, digital pre-processing by filter and upsampling algorithms as well as post-processing in the current-to-voltage stage are vital sonic contributors. Published bandwidth is 10Hz-200kHz ☐.1dB, output impedance 22/44Ω RCA/XLR, THD+N -115dB, A-weighted dynamic range 127dB. The touch screen opens a multi-layer menu with extra functionality like three digital filters from Sabre, two from HQ Player (more to come) and volume type or bypass. The rear panel hosts USB C, coaxial S/PDF, AES/EBU, I2S and ARC on HDMI plus Toslink digital inputs, one set of RCA analog inputs auto-converted to balanced and class A/B RCA/XLR analog outputs. Actual conversion is by ESS 9038 Pro but I/V conversion again embeds on Serce. It routes/transcodes USB, S/PDIF, AES/EBU, differential I2S over HDMI or RJ45, ARC under CEC control, MQA and IR remote code. The beating heart of Wandla is Serce, a 5 x 7cm PCB whose ARM Cortex M7 processor combines what usually takes five chips into one. “Off Hypsos you can easily use 3 splitters and connect 2 x Oor and 2 x Erco/Wandla and there should still be some spare watts left.” Wandla anticipates being hypnotized by the charms of Hypsos with that special power-sensing 4-pin 22-30V/2.5A socket.įerrum Audio the name reflects ancient iron ore deposits around Warsaw where the company is based and the Corten steel accent on the half-size casing recalls it with its sealed red rust coloration. This 80-watt power supply with otherwise infinitely adjustable output voltage can run Ferrum’s Oor and Erco which combined burn up 31.5W at idle. Upgrading to the companion Hypsos power supply adds €995. Before ‘flagship’ mentions cloud your vision with too many zeros-this, after all, is the realm of ones and zeros-the sell price is €2’795 with Globtek 24V/2.5A switching power adapter. Wanting to be special not all, it’s Wandla instead. ![]() If it spelled Wandler, it’d be how all Germans call all DACs. Changing up 2023’s D/A converter scene is Poland’s Ferrum Audio with its flagship Wandla. If you change from man to werewolf, it’s wandeln as in, being a changeling. ![]() If you change money in the temple, it’s Geld wechseln. As such he knows the German words for convert as ändern, umformen, wandeln or wechseln. These days John Darko is a Berliner and Portugeezer. ![]()
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