Wadia Digital – a Brief History

Wadia Digital, founded in 1988, is one of the original companies dedicated to high performance digital audio reproduction. Wadia was formed by a team of

engineers from the Minneapolis based 3M Corporation (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing) who shared many years of experience in advanced digital

telecommunications research and development. In the early 1980’s, these engineers became intrigued by the emerging compact disc technology. Disappointed with

the sound quality of early CD players, they examined the workings and designs of these early components and found them to be unsophisticated when compared

with the technology available in other areas of digital design. In response, they founded Wadia Digital – a company based on the philosophy of applying advanced

technology to improve the performance of digital audio components. Wadia’s first product, the Wadia 2000 Decoding Computer, was an absolute breakthrough

in digital audio. For many discerning listeners, it proved that Digital Audio was a musically responsive, evolving, and engaging format.

Building on a tradition of excellence, Wadia continues to develop innovative  technology; refining, listening, engineering, and improving along the way. Since the

Wadia 2000, new generations of industry-leading designs have been introduced and embraced by listeners around the world. Each step of the way, Wadia has

consistently raised the standard for performance of Digital Audio playback.

 

Here is an abbreviated list of the technological innovations Wadia engineers have pioneered over the past 20 years: First company to introduce a Digital-to-Analog converter First company to develop audio optimized Up-sampling First company to apply glass fiber-optics to home audio First company to recognize clock-jitter as distortion First company to apply mechanical de-tuning to the development of audio component chassis design First company to offer CD perfect digital volume control First company to offer a High-End CD player that competes with expensive separates First company to develop a Direct to Digital Amplifier - PowerDAC First company to offer bit perfect digital output from an iPod DigiMaster™ up-sampling algorithm, optimized for reproducing music RockLock proprietary jitter reduction technology ClockLink™ proprietary jitter-reduction technology Swift-Current™ zero-feedback current to voltage converter Direct-Connect™ system to connect digital audio products directly to amplifier