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Ferrum offers with its WANDLA a versatile and extremely efficient DAC, capable of very high quality digital/analog conversion for the most precise and faithful sound reproduction.
At the heart of this WANDLA, a digital/analog conversion stage using an ESS ES9038Pro chip, recognized for its incredible performance and its ability to provide precise and transparent particular sound reproduction. The chip here has an independent power supply allowing it to reveal its full potential.
Regarding the digital audio system module, the optimized ARM chip offers the shortest possible signal path, which makes 5 chips redundant. Includes MQA decoder/renderer and a selection of digital filters.
WANDLA offers three ESS digital filters and two digital filters created for Ferrum by renowned filter manufacturer HQ Player.
The Wandla embeds an I/V converter. These offer excellent measurements with an extremely low level of distortion and noise.
In addition, it has a fully balanced, precision-tuned modified preamplifier IC.
The Wandla has many entrances; Specially programmed USB, coaxial and optical S/PDIF ports, HDMI ARC (TV) and I2S optimized for audio. In addition, the balanced design ensures clean sound on the stereo RCA output and a truly balanced stereo XRL output.
Unique design of an FPL power socket: two wires providing power and two wires providing feedback to ensure flat voltage at all times. This eliminates the adverse effects of cable resistance by effectively improving transient response. The speed of current delivery to the input of the powered device is significantly improved.
WANDLA comes with a carefully selected DC power adapter. However, to get the most out of WANDLA, you can connect it to HYPSOS using the proprietary Ferrum Power Link DC power cable (not included).
MQA (for Master Quality Authenticated) is an award-winning British technology for restoring the sound of the original recording. The MQA Master file is authenticated by the artists, producers or rights holders. These files are small enough to be streamed or downloaded. The Wandla includes an MQA decoder to play these files in order to offer the best possible audio quality.
Technical Charateristics
Specifications | |
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Prodeuct type | DAC |
Digital inputs | 1* USB-C 1* Optical Toslink 1* Coaxial 1* AES/EBU 1* HDMI ARC (TV with CEC) 1* I2S |
Analog inputs | RCA 47kΩ (Vmax : 9,5V RMS / 2 – 3,5V RMS recommended) |
Ouputs | 1x RCA stereo unbalanced 1x XLR stéréo balanced |
DAC Chip | ESS ES9038Pro |
Supported sample rates | USB: PCM 32bit 768kHz, DSD512, DSD DoP up to DSD256, MQA I2S: PCM 32bit 768kHz, DSD512, DSD DoP up to DSD512, MQA (PS AUDIO compatible) HDMI ARC: PCM 24bit 192kHz, MQA, TV with CEC AES/EBU: PCM 24bit 196kHz, DSD DoP up to DSD64, MQA Coaxial, Optical: PCM 24bit 192kHz, DSD DoP up to DSD64, MQA |
Frequency response | 10Hz – 200kHz +/- 0,1dB |
Output level | RCA : 4,65V RMS unbalanced @0dBFS XLR : 9,3V RMS balanced @0dBFS |
CAD THD | -121dB (0,00009%); THD+N : -115dB (unweighted) |
THD analog input | -123dB @ Output level 2V RMS |
Dyn. | Analog : 127dB (A-weighted) Digital : 127dB (A-weighted) |
Crosstalk | -120dB for 1kHz, better than -100dB for 20Hz -20KHz |
Output impedence | Unbalanced : 22Ω Balanced : 44Ω |
Volume control | Analog with bypass option / Digital with DAC operation only |
General | |
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Power consumption | Idle : 10W Max : 15W |
Power imputs | 5.5/2.5mm DC connector centre positive Proprietary FPL (FPL) 4-pin DC connector 22-30VCC |
Power adaptator | 100-240 VCA to 24VCC |
Dimensions | 271*206*50mm |
Weight | 1.8Kg |
Color | Black |
Package | 1x Ferrum WANDLA DAC 1x Power cable 1x Remote control |
Input | I2S via HDMI |
Input | HDMI ARC |
Input | RCA |
Input | Optical |
Input | AES/EBU |
Input | USB |
Input | SPDIF |
Output | XLR |
Output | RCA |
DAC / ADC Chip | ES9038PRO |
Max sampling rate | DSD512 |
Max sampling rate | MQA |
Max sampling rate | 768kHz |
Color | Black |
Networking | No |
Remote Control | Yes |