170i – “Bang up to date”
John Bamford: Hi-Fi News
December 2008
“… when I played it to audiophile friends we were all pinching ourselves that we were listening to high-end CD sound quality … from files stored on a humble iPod.”
“… I listened to my WAV files piped into the Meridian G91A’s coaxial digital input. I could switch seamlessly on-the-fly between the CD and the iPod playing in the Wadia 170i, with the music synchronised. And try as I might, I could not perceive any difference whatsoever. I really couldn’t.”
“Apple doesn’t know this - and justifiably needn’t care as I’m just one consumer out of several millions - but thanks to Wadia it has just gained another customer.”
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