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Ferrum Audio WANDLA HP DAC / Pre-Amp with Headphone Amplifier

Ferrum Audio WANDLA HP DAC / Pre-Amp with Headphone Amplifier

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WANDLA HP offers a fully balanced, composite IC headphone amplifier design, fine tuned for WANDLA HP. This headphone amplifier can output a hefty 3.5 Watts at 50 Ω (balanced).

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Features

  • WANDLA HP DAC/PREAMP with Headphone AMPLIFIER
  • Fully Balanced - WANDLA HP offers a fully balanced, composite IC headphone amplifier design, fine tuned for WANDLA.
  • Powerful - WANDLA HP’s headphone amplifier can output a hefty 3.5 Watts at 50 Ω (balanced).
  • Dynamic - WANDLA HP’ headphone amplifier has an impressive dynamic range of 122 dB.
  • Proprietary optimized ARM chip offers the shortest signal path possible, making 5 chips redundant
  • Four proprietary Signalyst filters
  • Proprietary 4-pin Ferrum connector for HYPSOS
  • Balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA line outputs
  • Digital and Analogue volume control
  • EES Sabre ES9038PRO with selected filter
  • Remote control included

Specifications

Headphone Section
THD balanced:
  • 0.00016 % / -116 dB, 10 mW into 50 Ω; 
  • 0.00020 % / -114 dB, 100 mW into 50 Ω 

THD unbalanced:

  • 0.00022 % / -113 dB, 10 mW into 50 Ω; 
  • 0.00022 % / -113 dB, 100 mW into 50 Ω 

Output Power Single Ended: 1 W into 50 Ω 
Output Power Balanced: 3.5 W into 50 Ω

Dynamic Range: 122 dB 

HP Output impedance: 0.5 Ω unbalanced 
HP Output impedance: 1 Ω balanced 

Other
Operation: Fully balanced, proprietary IC power amp 
DAC chip: ESS Sabre ES9038PRO 
DAC resolution:  768 kHz / 32 bit, DSD 512 
Digital inputs:

  • AES/EBU (up to 192 kHz / 24 bit, DoP 64)
  • Optical S/PDIF (up to 96 kHz / 24 bit)
  • Coaxial S/PDIF (up to 192 kHz / 24 bit, DoP 64)
  • USB-C (up to 768 kHz / 32 bit, DSD 512, DoP 256)
  • ARC (up to 192 kHz / 24 bit), TV input with CEC
  • I2S (up to 768 kHz / 32bit, DSD 512, DoP 256), PS Audio® compatible 

MQA: decoder and renderer (on all digital inputs) 
Analog inputs: RCA 
Analog input Vmax: 9.5 V RMS (2 – 3.5 V RMS recommended) 
Analogue input imp: 47 kΩ 
Line outputs: balanced XLR; unbalanced RCA 
Volume control: analogue with bypass option / digital for DAC operation only 
Line Output level: @0 dBFS, 1 kHz sine 10 V RMS balanced, 5 V RMS unbalanced  
Line Output level (RED): @0 dBFS, 1 kHz sine 4 V RMS balanced, 2 V RMS unbalanced 
Frequency response  on analog inputs: 10 Hz – 200 kHz +/- 0.1 dB 
DAC THD: -121 dB (0,00009 %); THD+N: -115 dB (unweighted) 
Analog input THD: -123 dB @ 2 V RMS output level 
Dyn. range analog: 127 dB (A-weighted) 
Dyn. range digital: 122 dB (A-weighted) 
DAC Output Crosstalk: -120 dB for 1 kHz, better than -100 dB for 20 Hz – 20 kHz  
Line Output impedance: 22 Ω unbalanced 
Line Output impedance: 44 Ω balanced 

Power consumption:

  • 13 W idle (with amp powered off)
  • 18 W idle (with amp powered on)
  • 35 W max

Power inputs: 5.5/2.5 mm DC connector center positive proprietary FPL 4-pin DC connector (FPL) 22-30 VDC 
Power adapter: 100-240 VAC to 24 VDC
Dimensions: 21.7 x 20.6 x 5 cm / 8.6″ x 8.1″ x 2.0″
(WxDxH) 
Remote control: included  
Weight: 1.90 kg / 4.19 lb 

What's in the box

  • Wandla HP
  • Power supply
  • Manual
  • Remote Control
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