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This week, after a long wait that was further extended due to the war herein the middleeast, my Wadax Studio Player finally arrived.
It has taken the place of the MSB Premier, which has served me faithfully over the last few years.

Even from the very first listen, the WADAX reveals the DNA inherited from the company’s Reference series. There is a sense of naturalness and flow that is rare to find in the digital realm. The soundstage is wider and deeper, with bass that is rich in texture and detail. The highs are completely free of digital artifacts, and the midrange holds its own even when compared to analog.

All of this makes me want to experience my entire music library all over heaven—and this is with the unit being brand new out of the box.

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Congrats. Your system looks awesome.

I also went from the MSB to CH Precision 1.2 and ultimately to the Wadax SP. When my reseller came over to let me compare to my CH, I had a preconceived bias that my CH was going to stay. It took about 30 seconds for me to recognize that the Wadax was staying.

Several weeks ago, during the FL show, I got the PowerSupply. I was very leery about the impact it would have, but it was a huge upgrade. I also changed out my NORDOST power, grounding and network stuff for the new REIKI X switch/JUNDO cable as well as the Shunyata Everest X for my front end and a Tyhpon T30 on each of my dual mono amps.

May I make one suggestion? I see you are using ROON. I recommend trying Audirvana. Until recently, I was using ROON for local files and the Qobuz app for streaming. I couldn't put finger on it, but my local files never sounded as good as the Qobuz comparison. I tried Audirvana in the past, using it on my NAS but the limited computer power of my NAS kept crashing it. It is now running on a dedicated computer, along with ROON and I am not going back to ROON. Worth a try.

I share your POV. Again, congrats what a great system.
 
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Hi @MontanaJoe

Thank you for the kind words.

Your story sounds a lot like mine — it took me just 30 seconds to realize I was completely hooked on the SP, just like you. It really is that outstanding.

Thanks for the advice. Since I also have Qobuz Connect, I’ll give it a try. That said, after many years of using Roon, it’s hard to leave such a flexible and comfortable environment.

Enjoy your new power supply — it’s on my list as well!
 
exupgh12 said:
Hi @MontanaJoe

Thank you for the kind words.

Your story sounds a lot like mine — it took me just 30 seconds to realize I was completely hooked on the SP, just like you. It really is that outstanding.

Thanks for the advice. Since I also have Qobuz Connect, I’ll give it a try. That said, after many years of using Roon, it’s hard to leave such a flexible and comfortable environment.

Enjoy your new power supply — it’s on my list as well!
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Trust me I get it. I’ve been an enduser of Roon since its inception. My digital experience has kind of grown with it and I’m used to it, love its database function and wasn’t expecting the sonic difference I was long ago told about. Last thing I wanted to do was give it up. But those who recommended it were right. I’ve had it for a year but have only now really implemented it and I’m never going back to ROON.

In any case enjoy the SP, IMHO, and amazing product.
 
Are you going to get the optional power supply for the SP? I had SP side-by-side with Esoteric D1XSE with 10 audiophiles in the same room. All 10 said the Esoteric was better. I'd like to do that comparison again with the optional power supply.
 
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Are you going to get the optional power supply for the SP? I had SP side-by-side with Esoteric D1XSE with 10 audiophiles in the same room. All 10 said the Esoteric was better. I'd like to do that comparison again with the optional power supply.
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What is your point?

Enjoy the Esoteric it’s a fine DAC.

Why there are choices
 
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brodricj said:
Are you going to get the optional power supply for the SP? I had SP side-by-side with Esoteric D1XSE with 10 audiophiles in the same room. All 10 said the Esoteric was better. I'd like to do that comparison again with the optional power supply.
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How would you describe the comaparison?
 
MontanaJoe said:
Trust me I get it. I’ve been an enduser of Roon since its inception. My digital experience has kind of grown with it and I’m used to it, love its database function and wasn’t expecting the sonic difference I was long ago told about. Last thing I wanted to do was give it up. But those who recommended it were right. I’ve had it for a year but have only now really implemented it and I’m never going back to ROON.

In any case enjoy the SP, IMHO, and amazing product.
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Tried Qobuz connect, its good but either im too tired or the difference are neglected comperd the Oladra runningRoon server. What is the server that you using?
 
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Tried Qobuz connect, its good but either im too tired or the difference are neglected comperd the Oladra runningRoon server. What is the server that you using?
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What I now am using:

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I have both ROON and Audirvana on that computer, which is running headless. Roon, on April 20th will be having an update that will render my QNAP NAS somewhat useless, without some virtual machine which I really don't want to play with. The QNAP has all my local files while my computer, on the same network has the two programs.

Audrivana was recommended as a better player to ROON. I purchased it but it crashed when I installed it on my QNAP NAS, so basically reverted bac to ROON which runs just fine on my NAS.

In any case, just last week, when I heard about the update that is occurring to ROON, I decided to get that dedicated headless computer and use it for ROON instead of my QNAP. Since I already had a subscription to Audrivana, I loaded it. I wasn't expecting the sonic improvements I experienced relative to ROON.

I think they give a 2 week trial so you can play around. AND it also does all the streaming services, as well as convolutions, etc. the latter I don't use.

I understand you are invested in the Oladra, however, if you have a computer around you can load the trial version of Audrivana, it is worth a shot
 
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