Wadia 121 dac

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited April 2012 in Electronics
This Dac has caught my eye and has me thinking it may be a nice alternative to the W4S Dac 2 that is currently the budget king. Has any members here been considering this Dac or giving it any thoughts ?

Does any one here have any experience with other Wadia products and if so what was your thoughts ?

http://wadia.com/products/decoding/121/
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited April 2012
    Looks nice, but "decoding computer"? LOL
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  • JuanR
    JuanR Posts: 718
    edited April 2012
    Looks like a very nice unit, musicdirect has a bundle package with an itransport 171 and a Green Hornet cable. Let us know if you get it what you think.
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  • pietro944
    pietro944 Posts: 720
    edited April 2012
    seems like old technology to me....used, this is heavily discounted.....I would go with the Yulong D-18 with the ESS Sabre Dac.......terrific dac at $699......sorry if I derailed....peter
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited April 2012
    They don't even tell you what DAC chip is inside. Looks nice though. Don't care for the layout on the back.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited April 2012
    pietro944 wrote: »
    seems like old technology to me....used, this is heavily discounted.....I would go with the Yulong D-18 with the ESS Sabre Dac.......terrific dac at $699......sorry if I derailed....peter

    The wadia 121 has just hit the market I think
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  • pietro944
    pietro944 Posts: 720
    edited April 2012
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    The wadia 121 has just hit the market I think

    Don't think so......saw them from 2009......the upgrade model is the Wadia 26
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited April 2012
    It appears PFB is correct. The 121 is a new product.

    "From the Makers of the World’s Most Sophisticated Digital Products Comes the Long-Awaited Wadia 121 DAC: The New Standard in Digital-To-Analog Conversion for Under $2,000 "

    http://www.musicdirect.com/p-71752-wadia-121-decoding-computer-dac.aspx

    It has the same form factor as their 171 iTransport iPod dock.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited April 2012
    Drenis wrote: »
    They don't even tell you what DAC chip is inside. Looks nice though. Don't care for the layout on the back.

    LOL....that's the first thing I thought. I guess they thought people wouldn't care about such trivial things since it's a 'decoding computer'.
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited April 2012
    Drenis wrote: »
    They don't even tell you what DAC chip is inside.
    Stated as 32 bit with digital volume control,my guess is the ESS 9018.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited April 2012
    FTGV wrote: »
    Stated as 32 bit with digital volume control,my guess is the ESS 9018.

    Agreed. With Wadia I wouldn't expect less, especially for $1,299.

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  • pietro944
    pietro944 Posts: 720
    edited April 2012
    BlueFox wrote: »
    It appears PFB is correct. The 121 is a new product.

    "From the Makers of the World?s Most Sophisticated Digital Products Comes the Long-Awaited Wadia 121 DAC: The New Standard in Digital-To-Analog Conversion for Under $2,000 "

    http://www.musicdirect.com/p-71752-wadia-121-decoding-computer-dac.aspx

    It has the same form factor as their 171 iTransport iPod dock.

    Yea,I was wrong...I think I got it confused with the 12i....not the 121
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