{"id":159738,"date":"2023-04-07T14:23:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=159738"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:07:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:07:30","slug":"ferrum-wandla-dac-external-digital-to-analog-converter-with-usb-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ferrum-wandla-dac-external-digital-to-analog-converter-with-usb-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrum WANDLA DAC: External digital-to-analog converter with USB-C"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ferrum\u00a0brand\u00a0, owned by the Polish company\u00a0HEM\u00a0, introduced the flagship external DAC\u00a0Ferrum WANDLA DAC\u00a0, which combines a high-quality external DAC, preamplifier and headphone amplifier in one package.\u00a0The novelty is based on the\u00a0Serce\u00a0platform patented by the Ferrum brand based on a dual-core ARM processor.\u00a0Using the original Ferrum software, Serce processes all incoming digital data streams.\u00a0The developers claim that Serce performs the task of five chips to create the shortest signal path for digital inputs USB-C, HDMI (I2S), coaxial and optical S \/ PDIF, optimized for audio reception.<\/p>\n

The name WANDLA is derived from the German word\u00a0Wandler<\/i>\u00a0, meaning transducer.\u00a0Ferrum’s developers have set themselves the ambitious goal of\u00a0“setting a new standard in digital-to-analogue converters, regardless of price<\/i>\u00a0. ”<\/p>\n

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The Serce platform provides users with seven digital filters, and has also allowed Ferrum to create dynamic digital filtering (DFF) to bypass the ESS DAC filters.\u00a0In addition, Ferrum has involved its customers in the WANDLA DAC development process.\u00a0Marcin Hamerla\u00a0of HEM and Ferrum said:\u00a0\u201cInitially, the Ferrum WANDLA DAC will include three digital filter options and we will ask our customers to vote for their favorites.\u00a0Subsequent firmware updates will replace the least popular filter options with newer alternatives.\u00a0After five rounds, we will announce the winning digital filter<\/i>\u00a0.\u00a0\u201d\u00a0<\/i>Ferrum will release a dedicated app for Mac and PC to facilitate firmware updates.<\/p>\n

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Ferrum WANDLA DAC is not only a digital-to-analogue converter, but also a pre-amplifier with a fully functional remote control.\u00a0Marchin continues:\u00a0\u201cWe have implemented two new digitally controlled attenuators for volume control.\u00a0The user can choose between analog and digital controls.\u00a0WANDLA has a truly balanced topology based on our modified amplifier-IC design and power section.\u00a0In addition to six digital inputs (USB-C, coaxial, optical, AES\/\u00a0<\/i>EBU\u00a0<\/i>, HDMI and I2S), we’ve added a Direct Path RCA analog input that bypasses all digital processing to stay analog from input to output<\/i>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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The switching arsenal also includes balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) analog outputs, as well as a configurable trigger output.\u00a0As per Ferrum tradition, two DC power inputs (FPL and a 5.5 x 2.5 mm DC male connector) allow the WANDLA DAC to be connected to either the standard supplied power supply or HYPSOS proprietary linear power supply.<\/p>\n

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The new external\u00a0Ferrum WANDLA DAC\u00a0will go on sale at the end of April 2023.\u00a0The suggested retail price of the novelty is\u00a0$2,795\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ferrum\u00a0brand\u00a0, owned by the Polish company\u00a0HEM\u00a0, introduced the flagship external DAC\u00a0Ferrum WANDLA DAC\u00a0, which combines a high-quality external DAC, preamplifier and headphone amplifier in one package.\u00a0The novelty is based on the\u00a0Serce\u00a0platform patented by the Ferrum brand based on a dual-core ARM processor.\u00a0Using the original Ferrum software, Serce processes all incoming digital data streams.\u00a0The developers […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":159744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-159738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}