News from WADIA
A regularly updated bulletin of the latest information regarding Wadia products and digital home entertainment technology
May 2008 - Jeff Dorgay of
Tone Audio reviews the new Wadia 170iTransport:
www.tonepublications.com
January 2008 - Wadia at CES Las Vegas:
CES 2008 photo
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October 2007 - Wadia receives 2 PFO Audio Oasis! awards at RMAF
2007
October 1, 2007 - Introducing the Special Edition Wadia 581se and 581i se CD players featuring innovative new circuit topologies developed for the forthcoming series 7 product line up.
August 2007 - Jeff Dorgay of Tone Publications reviews the Wadia 581i CD Player in Issue 11 of TONEAudio - the e-journal of analog and digital sound.
"Make This The Center Of Your Digital Universe"
ToneAudio has become one of the fastest growing online publications devoted to music and the equipment we love. It's beautiful visual presentation and rich content make it a great read for music lovers. This comprehensive review discusses all aspects of of Wadia 581i CD Player - from cosmetics, through functionality, to an in-depth overview of the sound. Be sure to check it out!
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 February 2007 - Allan Taffel of The Absolute Sound reviews the new Wadia 581 Disc player and series 9 Decoding Computer system: "...Wadia's new 581 is a landmark release. It incorporates the strengths of the company's most sophisticated designs, but combines them with a newfound sense of musical freedom. The result is irresistibly compelling..." "The 270se/Series 9 is supremely pure...it lacks any trace of noise and is absolutely neutral...you have a player that extricates the smallest details, but never spoils them through exaggeration or edginess...The stage is wide, but also astonishingly deep. ...the rhythms...are just right." The whole article will be interesting to fans of Wadia. We are grateful that Alan and the good folks at TAS devoted so much coverage to what's new at Wadia. Subscribers can read the complete review at: http://www.theabsolutesound.com |
 Las Vegas, 2007 CES – Wadia introduces the stylish and sophisticated
Wadia 521 Decoding Computer. Read the
Press
release on Wadia 521 DAC. |
 September 2006,
Wadia 581's now shipping -
We are
pleased to announce that the Wadia 581and 581i
Disc
Players are now shipping. Audition our newest
New and Updated Technology Throughout – New design features include a multi-format capable transport, an advanced proprietary software based DSD Processing Algorithm that generates bit corrected SACD playback and 6 new Circuit Topologies. Wadia SwiftCurrent™ 2 Discreet (SC-2D) allows for superior current to voltage (I/V) conversion. Traditional Wadia technologies such as DigiMaster™, ClockLink™, and Direct-Connect™ with Digital Volume Control have been updated for the new players. Improvements to the main decoding circuit include a new master clocking scheme, time coherent analog filter array, and a superior grounding scheme. Greater current capacity and improved filtering provide improved power onboard the main decoding circuit. Contact your local dealer to schedule an audition! |
May 13, 2006 - Wadia hosted the annual Head-Fi meet
It was truly a pleasure hosting our 3rd annual Head-Fi headphone
meet this year. |
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October 2005 - New Wadia 302 CD Player review from SoundStage! by Vade Forrester --"Its hallmark spacious sound draws you deeply into the performance, and rewards you with relaxed, non-digital-sounding music. From a hi-fi standpoint, it does everything right.” “The 302 is the best CD player I’ve auditioned in my system.” |
861se CD Player awarded “Select Component” status by Ultra Audio.com! –July edition of Ultra Audio features a wonderful review by the ever entertaining Mike Silverton. “Engaging doesn’t half say it. There was no ambiguity about what I heard -- this was an extraordinary player.” “When a component’s qualities make the music lover forget he’s listening to a disc, he’s that much closer to heaven.” Awe shucks! What can we say, Thanks Mike!
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New Power Supply Upgrade Now Available! --The p Upgrade for the Wadia 830 / 301CD enhances the already stunning sonic capability of these units. Isolated paths are used to separately address and dramatically improve both the digital and the analog power supplies of the main decoding circuit. Reserve capacitance is significantly increased and power line isolation and filtering are both improved by an order of magnitude. The results – extended low frequency performance, improved micro and macro dynamics, blacker backgrounds, and an expanded soundstage with pinpoint three dimensional images. The p upgrade offers truly exciting improvement at a cost effective price. |
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May 2005: - Wadia Hosts Head-Fi Event - It was truly a pleasure hosting another Head-Fi headphone meet this year. This event was extra special as we welcomed Tyll Hertsens and crew of HeadRoom for the debut of their fabulous new line up of everything you could ever want in Headphone gear. We also were honored by the presence of Ray Samuels of Ray Samuels Audio, and Mikhail Rotenberg of SinglePower Audio fame, true luminaries of the Headphone amplifier world... |
| Sept 2004: The Wadia 861se is reviewed in Audio Perfectionist Journal. "This Player Changes Everything" writes Richard Hardesty about his newly upgraded Wadia 861se CD Player. Read full review |
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October 2003: Special
Edition Upgrade for the Wadia 861 CD Player - The Special Edition (se) Upgrade for the Wadia 861 CD Player - The se Upgraded Wadia 861 CD Player uses a newly-designed aluminum and brass hybrid turntable that provides significant sound reduction during disk rotation. The turntable has been stained green to absorb undesired diffused reflections. Transform your music system -- the Wadia 861se CD Player will unveil the richness and magic that make music an essential form of human communication. |
 October 2003: Michael Wong reviews the Wadia 861CD Player and finds that - "The Wadia is all about effortless power coupled with stunning clarity and immediacy." Check out the full review at AudiozEnz.co.nz and find out why the 861 is "Highly recommended". |
| July 2003: The Wadia 861 is reviewed in Audio Perfectionist Journal. This new journal is written by audiophiles, for audiophiles with no advertising or anything to make a glowing review suspect. Audio Perfectionist purchases the products they review, and write their unfettered opinions. Subscriptions can be ordered from their website at www.audioperfectionist.com. |
| The Wadia 861 CD Player was reviewed in Audio Perfectionist Journal #9. Reviewer Shane Buettner comments, "The revamped 861 has it all - expanded response at the frequency extremes, a midrange with incredible resolution of low level musical detail and texture, and a grand soundstage with precisely drawn layers of image focus. The 861 retained all that was engaging about the 860 and added more of everything. The 860 got the music right, but the 861 can take you into the recording space in a way its predecessor couldn't. And it does so with a deliberate grace, making instruments and vocals feel more natural, real and vital than any other CD player I've heard." |
 July 2003:
Building on the Wadia legacy, the 861se
is startling evidence of the sonic performance and value possible with an integrated
CD player. Wadia's
flagship CD Player, the 861se, with an exceptional new transport, is now shipping in
either Black or Silver anodize finish. |
 July
2003:
The 861basic, available in
Black or Silver anodize finish, is sonically identical to the legendary performance of the
Wadia 861 and differs only in that the digital inputs and outputs are not included.
The 861b is upgradeable to full digital pre-amplification capability by adding the
digital inputs and outputs at a later time.
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 April 2003: Special
Edition Products now shipping - We are pleased to announce that the Special Edition Wadia 270se CD Transport and Upgrade is now shipping. The 270se features a new mechanism that embodies markedly improved engineering precision on all surfaces, including the surface onto which the disk is pressed. The Special Edition 270se use a newly-designed aluminum and brass hybrid turntable that provides significant sound reduction during disk rotation. The turntable has been stained green to absorb undesired diffused reflections. To provide robust support for this newly developed turntable, the 270se use a composite bridge composed of machined aluminum with a maximum thickness of 20 mm, and carbon-tool steel with a thickness of 5 mm. The sonic results are startling and must be heard to be believed! |
January 2003: CES - Included the debut of the Wadia 301 CD Player in a black anodize finish. We now have this exciting product available and ready to ship in either a Black or Silver anodize finish. |
 July 2002: Wadia 301
CD Player Makes the Cover of hi>fi +Chris Binns of hi>fi + magazine reviews the Wadia 301 CD Player. Chris finds that "Quite simply it sounded more natural and far less mechanical than other machines... and now that it is gone I miss it." Chris concludes that " The result is a player that has a confidence and authority about its performance that many other more expensive players miss out on".
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 April 2002:
Wadia
Products Recommended by Stereophile Magazine Three Wadia Products are recommended "Class A" by Stereophile Magazine: The Wadia 27ix Decoding Computer, the Wadia 270 CD Transport, and the Wadia 861 CD Player. A Class A recommendation is described as the "Best attainable sound for a component" according to Stereophile... "A Class A system is one for which you don't have to make a leap of faith to believe that you're hearing the real thing"
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April 2002 HiFi Review: Wadia 861 CD Player receives "Products of the Year" Award. The Wadia 861 CD Player was awarded a prestigious 2001 Product Of The Year Award in the Digital Source category from Hong Kong's HiFi review Monthly. |
| March 2002,
Stereophile: Wadia
861 CD Player Earns Rave Review in Stereophile Brian Damkroger, one of Stereophile magazine's most experienced reviewers, recommends the Wadia 861 CD player. "Even right out of the box, it's obvious that the Wadia 861 is something special" declares Brian who then goes on to provide an in depth and insightful overview of the product concluding with an emphatic "Highly Recommended!" |
| January 2002,
Sound Stage: Wadia featured with Nova Audio and Threshold win CES
"Stand Out" Room Award During this years Consumer Electronic Show, the distinguished Manufacturer, Nova Audio assembled a system driven by the Wadia 270 CD Transport and 27ix Decoding Computer, which garnered recognition from Sound Stage as a CES "Stand Out" Room. |
| January
2002, Stereophile: The Wadia 27ix
Decoding Computer and the Wadia 270 CD Transport receive acclaim in follow-up review. Johnathan Scull, one of Stereophile magazine's most celebrated reviewers, recommends the Wadia 27ix Decoding Computer and Wadia 270 CD Transport, “So just how excellent did the 270/27ix sound? In a word, fab”. |
| January 2001: Wadia 861 CD Player receives "Components of the Year" Award, Stereo Sound Magazine, Japan. The Wadia 861 CD Player was awarded a prestigious 1999-2000 Components Of The Year Award in the Digital Source category from Japan's Stereo Sound Magazine. |
| January
2001: Wadia
Introduces Elegant New CD Player Wadia 301 CD Player Features Zero-Feedback Swift Current™ Technology and Other Sonic Enhancements for CDs and High-Sample Rate Sources. CES 2001, LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2001—Wadia, a division of Audio Video Research, Inc., introduces the stylish and sophisticated Wadia 301 Compact Disc Player, the second entry in a new line of Wadia CD players, at the 2001 International Consumer Electronics Show, beginning today in Las Vegas. |
| January 2001:
Wadia Brings New Technology to CD
Players Patented, zero-feedback current-to-voltage converter improves sound quality for both Compact Discs and other new high sample rate sources. JANUARY 6, 2000, CES 2000, Las Vegas – At the International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas (Suite 2513, Alexis Park) WADIA Corporation introduced the Wadia 861 Compact Disc player. This player, which will supercede the highly-regarded Wadia 860, is the first Compact Disc player to use the company’s patented Swift Current IC. This proprietary circuit, first introduced in the Wadia PowerDAC digital amplifier last year, performs the sonically critical current-to-voltage conversion with no negative feedback, resulting in demonstrably superior sound quality. |
| January
2001: Wadia Adds
Powerful New Software to 27ix Decoding Computer New Algorithms Plus Classic DigiMaster™ Filter Optimize Performance for Listeners' Personal Systems and Musical Preferences. CES 2001, LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2001—Wadia, a division of Audio Video Research, Inc., introduces a new edition of the Wadia 27ix Decoding Computer at the 2001 International Consumer Electronics Show, beginning today in Las Vegas. |
December
2000: Audio Video Research
Announces Return of Wadia |
| Wadia 861 Replaces 860x
as Flagship CD Player, June 2000 In June the Wadia 861 replaced the Wadia 860x as Wadia's flagship integrated CD player. This new CD player brings patented new DAC technology from the PowerDAC into the CD player line. Technical highlights include the zero-feedback, Wadia SC1 current-conveyor I/V stage and multiple, user-selectable interpolation (upsampling) algorithms. The 861 is available in both black and silver finishes. |
Wadia Wins "Best Sound at the Show"...Again! |
| Wadia 830 Earns Rave Review in Stereophile,
September 1999 Brian Damkroger, one of Stereophile magazine's most experienced reviewers, recommended a Class A rating for the Wadia 830 CD player, saying it may be “one of the best bargains in audio”. |
| Wadia
Products Win Two Golden Note Awards, September 1999 Two WADIA products earned coveted “Golden Note” awards from "The Academy Advancing High Performance Audio and Video". The Wadia 860x CD Player won in the category of “Best Digital Audio Source Design” and the Wadia 27ix Decoding Computer won in the category of “Best Audio Processor Design”. The Golden Note Awards, considered by many to be one of the most prestigious in the audio & video industry, are given every year to honor excellence in design and technology. According to the Academy, products were nominated by manufacturers, subjected to technical scrutiny and then voted upon by The General Members of the Academy, primarily dealers and manufacturers of high performance audio and video equipment. Note that the original versions of the Wadia 27 and 860 were introduced in January 1996 and April 1997 respectively. Years later, the industry still recognizes the upgraded versions of these products as industry leaders. This is strong endorsement of Wadia’s approach to designs which can be upgraded to keep pace with new technology. |
| Introducing
the Wadia 130 and 150 A-to-D Converters, August 1999 Wadia is pleased to introduce the Wadia 130 and 150 Analog to Digital converters. At less than a third of the cost of the Wadia 17, these products provide a compact, cost-effective, and great-sounding way to bring analog sources into a music system based on a Wadia Direct-Connect CD player or decoding computer. For more information, contact your dealer or read more about Wadia 130 and 150 Analog-to-Digital Converters |
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850 and 860x Now Available in Silver Finish, July 99 Due to worldwide customer demand, Wadia’s CD players are now all available in a limited edition silver anodized finish at no extra charge. This striking new look maintains the same finish quality as Wadia's traditional black units. |
| Introducing the Wadia 860x CD Player, July 1999 WADIA is proud to introduce the Wadia 860x CD Player. The 860x begins shipping this month and immediately replaces the legendary 860. |
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Wadia Products Recommended by Stereophile
magazine , April 1999 Wadia has always encouraged potential customers to make purchase decisions based on their own experience with our products, rather than a reviewer's recommendation. However, Stereophile's findings confirm those of many others around the world: Wadia is the leader in musical performance from digital audio. |
| WADIA Announces the Acquisition of UltraAnalog , December 1998 WADIA, a leading manufacturer of high-end digital audio products, is pleased to announce the acquisition of UltraAnalog, a leading supplier of high resolution Audio D/A Converters and related OEM products. |
| 24-bit 96 kHz Update Available for Wadia Products,
December 1998 Effective immediately, all current Wadia components, with the exception of the 860, which include digital inputs are 24-bit 96 kHz compatible. The 860 will soon be 24-bit 96 kHz input capable. |
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Wadia 27i Owners:The Wadia 27i is Ready for New Formats,
October 1998 The Wadia 27i is the most flexible design in Wadia's history. It can be upgraded in a variety of ways -- both for new formats, and other new technology upgrades. |
| How to Prepare for the New Formats, September 1998 Are Wadia CD Player owners prepared for new formats? Yes! Read Wadia's latest magazine advertisement for the low down on why. |
| With future format uncertainty, is the Wadia 27i a good
purchase? September 1998 The latest from Wadia on how the Wadia 27i can be updated to accommodate the future high-resolution audio formats. |
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Wadia Wins "Best Sound of the
Show", July 1998 During this summer's most significant audio trade show (Stereophile's Hi-Fi 98), the distinguished Los Angeles audio dealer, Christopher Hansen 2, assembled a system driven by the Wadia 270 Transport and 27i Decoding Computer, which captured the popular vote for Best Sound of the Show. |
| Wadia Displays 96 khz upgrade for Wadia 2000, June 1998 Wadia displayed an upgraded Wadia 2000 Decoding Computer at Stereophile's Hi-Fi 98 show. This upgrade proved Wadia's preparedness to upgrade current units to take advantage of future formats. |
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