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"The Wandla is another hit from Polish company Ferrum Audio. Nicknamed "The Convertor", this innovative DAC/preamplifier goes one step further thanks to its combination of an ESS Sabre DAC chip, a custom DSP and bespoke analogue electronics. The performance is outstanding: music of any genre is reproduced with great detail, while the "Dynamic Digital Filtering" with filters from specialist software house Signalyst offers options for refining the listening experience.
Want to further improve the performance of the Wandla? Simply add the EISA Award-winning Hypsos as an external power supply for just under 1,200 euros to achieve an even more audiophile sound."
"The highest award we have right now is the Golden Award, but as we're slowly transitioning to Soundnews 2.0 (you probably saw by now all the new categories and additional features), we will be adding a higher tier in the near future, which I feel Ferrum's team fully deserved. A Gold Award will suffice for now for the hard work involved, and ultimately, for the performance you are getting in return. I think that's a bargain knowing how it performed in both a stereo and headphone setup."
Ferrum Audio WANDLA DAC Review – Thinking Outside the Box - Soundnews
"WANDLA is a DAC that is not only musically convincing across the board, but full of innovations with fantastic workmanship, an independent, compact and timeless design at a more than fair price from European development and production. What more could an audiophile heart want? The engineers at Ferrum have created their masterpiece with the WANDLA."
HIFI STATEMENT | netmagazine - Ferrum WANDLA
"The dominant thing is Wandla's gestalt of textural/tonal elegance coupled to darkness whose degree is adjustable with the Hypsos power supply. Cogito, ergo sum. This Roman proverb usually translates as “I think, therefore I am”. Today we might propose a new audiophile proverb: I think, therefore I Wandla!"
Ferrum Wandla + Hypsos review | Darko.Audio
WANDLA by Ferrum - The converter
Ferrum has made it its mission to develop groundbreaking products. With WANDLA we are a statement for today's and next generation of music lovers.
WANDLA represents the future standard of high-end digital-analog conversion. Think of WANDLA as a formula 1 racing car: Like the Formula 1 constructor team that builds the best racing car, Ferrum has the best engine for Wandla. We rebuilt our ARM chip to do the work of five chips and we took the ESS Sabre DAC chip to the next level with our new current-to-voltage converter!
With our sleek look we have brought a sense of aerodynamics to the living room. By adding our unique digital filters, end users can customize their DACs to their specific sound needs. We call this DDF, short for Dynamic Digital Filtering.
WANDLA is the best you can buy for your money, the most musical and customized DAC for today and for tomorrow. From CD to streaming, from MP3 to Super-HiRes, from classical to hard rock.
WANDLA can be upgraded with HYPSOS and is the perfect companion for OOR.
Technical data Ferrum WANDLA DAC/PREAMP
- Operation: Fully symmetrical, proprietary IC power amplifier
- DAC chip: ESS Sabre ES9038PRO
- DAC resolution: 768k/32bit, DSD 256
- Digital inputs: - AES/EBU (up to 196kHz/24bit, DoP 64)
- Optical S/PDIF (up to 96kHz/24bit)
- Coaxial S/PDIF (up to 192kHz/24bit, DoP 64)
- USB-C (up to 768kHz/32bit, DSD 256)
- ARC (up to 192kHz/24bit), TV input with CEC
- I2S (up to 768kHz/32bit, DSD 256), PS Audio® compatible
- MQA: Decoder and renderer (for all digital inputs)
- Analog inputs: RCA
- Analog input Vmax: 9.5V RMS (2 - 3.5V RMS recommended)
- Analog input Imp: 47kΩ
- Line outputs: balanced XLR; unbalanced RCA
- Volume control: analog with bypass option / digital only for DAC operation
- Output level: @0dBFS, 1kHz sine 9.3V RMS balanced, 4.65V RMS unbalanced
- Frequency response: 10Hz - 200kHz +/- 0.1dB Analog inputs
- DAC THD: -121dB (0.00009%); THD+N: -115dB (unweighted)
- Analog input THD: -123dB @ 2V RMS output level
- Dynamic range analog: 127dB (A-weighted)
- Dynamic range digital: 122dB (A-weighted)
- Crosstalk: -120dB for 1kHz, better than -100dB for 20Hz -20kHz
- Output impedance: 22Ω unbalanced
- Output impedance: 44Ω symmetrical
- Power consumption: 10W idle / 15W max
- Power inputs: 5.5/2.5 mm DC connector, center positive
- proprietary 4-pin FPL DC connector (FPL) 22-30VDC
- Power adapter: 100-240 VAC to 24VDC
- Dimensions: 21.7 x 20.6 x 5 cm
- (WxDxH) 8.6 x 8.1 x 2.0 inches
- Weight: 1.8 kg / 3.97 lbs
High-End Audio of Tomorrow Today
As modern DAC WANDLA points the way for the high end of tomorrow at today's price level, because WANDLA offers top audio quality at an unprecedented price.
Finely tuned DA conversion
WANDLA is the embodiment of Ferrum’s digital know-how and the in-house developed analog audio and electronic technology. The ESS Sabre ES9038PRO current-to-voltage (I/V) converter is finely tuned to achieve its maximum performance.
Optimized ARM chip
The optimized ARM chip offers the shortest possible signal path and eliminates the need for 5 chips. Includes MQA decoder/renderer and digital filter selection
Dynamic digital filtering
WANDLA offers seven ESS digital filters as standard and, as a world first, lets the audience World first the best of a total of eight WANDLA filters choose the from the renowned filter manufacturer HQ Player developed for Ferrum.
Optimized digital inputs
Specially programmed USB and tuned coaxial and optical S/PDIF, HDMI and I2S ports, optimized for audio.
Proprietary Amplification -Fully balanced modified IC preamplifier.
Truly symmetrical - the signal path remains truly symmetrical via the XLR inputs and becomes truly symmetrical via the RCA inputs.
user-friendliness
Newly developed high-resolution touchscreen with intuitive user interface.
Improved transparency
The entire design is geared towards a balanced and very transparent sound signature, so that Listener fatigue is a thing of the past.
Specially developed for HYPSOS
Although WANDLA performs very well right out of the box, it is designed to do even more when used with HYPSOS, when used together with HYPSOS. By using the proprietary Ferrum Power Link (FPL) connection, both components achieve their maximum performance.
and unleash an unimagined musicality.
