High End Munich 2023: Video Interview - Ferrum Wandla DAC

A manufacturer whose products are particularly close to my heart is Ferrum Audio from Poland. So, like last year, I really wanted to visit their booth to say hello and of course talk about their newest product, the "Wandla" DAC. 

"Wandla" comes from the German word "Wandler" and was quickly adapted by Ferrum. It's that simple.

Sound quality above all

As easy as Ferrum made it for themselves with the name of their new DAC, they made it just as difficult with the development because they not only wanted to surpass the in-house ERCO, but also stand up to the "establishment" among the DACs on the market offer - and for the lowest possible price. Not an easy task! 

At last year's High-End, the ladies and gentlemen from Ferrum told me that they were developing a new high-end DAC that would significantly outperform the already very good ERCO. 

And since then, we have been diligently collecting input from users and dealers about what features or properties the new DAC should have. After they had already told me that the new one would definitely have a large touch display and would therefore probably need a larger housing, I did everything I could to convince Ferrum that it was precisely the compactness and stackability as well as the uniform design what makes their devices so attractive. 

In the following months I never missed an opportunity to repeat this opinion of mine. Apparently I wasn't the only one who had this opinion, because lo and behold: The Wandla has the same housing as all other Ferrum devices and can therefore be wonderfully combined with other devices to form a nice little "stack". 

"Thank you, Ferrum, for listening to your users' input and taking us seriously!"

In general, the ladies and gentlemen from Ferrum are just super nice and sociable, you could even say they have a family atmosphere. In any case, I felt absolutely comfortable at every meeting - like among friends. 

But let's get to the point of why I'm writing the blog here: When talking to a young employee, he told me that he was in a hurry to develop the Wandla and why the Wandla was a very special product for him and Ferrum represents:

The R2R DAC that Kamil mentions here is the Holo May, which costs around 7000 USD. If the Wandla can keep up here - and Ferrum is convinced of it - then we have an absolute price-performance hit with the Wandla, which becomes even better when combined with the Hypsos power supply! 

True ease of use 

In addition to the inner values, Ferrum are also committed to ease of use. Your own software and designer team has therefore done everything they can to make the Wandla easy to understand and use. If you watch the following video, it is clear that this goal was also achieved. “Playing” with menu options is fun just by watching:

All in all, Ferrum worked on their Wandla for over a year, built and compared countless solutions and released a product that they are visibly proud of and that they confidently say can keep up with the big players.  

Ferrum is so convinced of this that they have sent 50 Wandla review devices all over the world so that dealers, distributors and of course reviewers can get an idea of ​​the quality of the device and the first reviews should appear soon.

As a farewell, Ferrum gave me a box of the finest Polish chocolates and a bottle of real Polish vodka. This is hospitality in Polish. Dziękuję now przyjaciołom z Ferrum Audio!

The Ferrum Wandla is of course now available from Audio Essence!

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