[OhmsClaw]

@GoldenSound will it be possible to maybe demo this software update? Maybe try it for a bit on a 1st gen Wandla and if I decide I don’t need those features, go back to the old SW?

I'm sure it ... would.... but let's be real. This just means you're sending your unit in for a firmware alteration and having to do it again to revert it. Possibly a hardware change as well with the analog volume feature?

 

[Francisco Evangelista]

could be just a firmware update ? Or do you need to update the hardware of the wandla? It would be nice if you could do it without having to ship it …

 

[OhmsClaw]

could be just a firmware update ? Or do you need to update the hardware of the wandla? It would be nice if you could do it without having to ship it …

Depends on the IP. They might want to keep it from being distributed.

 

[kajetanjazz]

Possibly a hardware change as well with the analog volume feature?

It would be nice if you could do it without having to ship it …

To have the lower output voltage feature you have to definitely ship it. It’s a physical voltage divider. Otherwise it should be possible to update the firmware yourself for all the other features. I asked Ferrum directly and as of now they have no idea when the conversion is gonna be possible. They guess that, if so far it’s gonna be headphones.com exclusive, we’ll have to wait a month or two

 

[bodiebill2]

I see that the I2S pin layout expects a DSD flag on one of the pins 13-16. Will it be possible to play DSD over I2S from a DDC that does not send this flag? An example is Audio-GD's DI20HE or DI24HE.

Answer from Ferrum: "Unfortunately without DSD flag DSD will be not properly decoded."

 

[GoldenSound]

@GoldenSound will it be possible to maybe demo this software update? Maybe try it for a bit on a 1st gen Wandla and if I decide I don’t need those features, go back to the old SW?

There wont be a demo available unfortunately. If you're able to make it to a CanJam you'll be able to try it there though!
If you buy the GoldenSound Edition you will be able to go to the stock firmware if preferred though

 

[wagninger]

There wont be a demo available unfortunately. If you're able to make it to a CanJam you'll be able to try it there though!
If you buy the GoldenSound Edition you will be able to go to the stock firmware if preferred though

I’m such a fan of the features you added, I’ll probably buy it blind anyway. Did so with the whole Ferrum stack and was not disappointed.

 

[GoldenSound]

I’m such a fan of the features you added, I’ll probably buy it blind anyway. Did so with the whole Ferrum stack and was not disappointed.

Nice

Yeah the Oor/Hypsos combo is fantastic too.

With all three units, especially in that form factor, it's crazy good

 

[Francisco Evangelista]

Hi, Just received my new Wandla to complete my Ferrum stack installed the Ferrum control to see if it had the latest firmware..to my surprise the Wandla says Firmware 1.3.0 and the Ferrum control says available to update 1.2.0 ??? Did my new Wandla came with a firmware not yet available?

I didn't do upgrade as it seem to going to downgrade right?
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[OhmsClaw]

Hi, Just received my new Wandla to complete my Ferrum stack installed the Ferrum control to see if it had the latest firmware..to my surprise the Wandla says Firmware 1.3.0 and the Ferrum control says available to update 1.2.0 ??? Did my new Wandla came with a firmware not yet available?

I didn't do upgrade as it seem to going to downgrade right?

3 comes after 2. Looks like it's not live yet! You got that fresh firmware straight out the oven.

 

[Francisco Evangelista]

3 comes after 2. Looks like it's not live yet! You got that fresh firmware straight out the oven.

yes, that was what i thought! 1.3.0 coming up. I have receive mine directly from Ferrum, had to wait a week for stock.

Using for now the Wandla in bypass and controlling on the Oor, have to try bypassing the Oor and control with the wandla to see the differences... the bass with the wandla seems better vs my TT2 mscaller with the Oor, bass impact is crazy... Would like to compare the 2 dacs.

Can i have the Oor on bypass and wandla to control volume having the TT2 as dac ? Like wandla-Oor on XLR and TT2-Oor RCA and control both on the Wandla? just changing the switch from XLR to RCA and listen to which one..

 

[OhmsClaw]

yes, that was what i thought! 1.3.0 coming up. I have receive mine directly from Ferrum, had to wait a week for stock.

Using for now the Wandla in bypass and controlling on the Oor, have to try bypassing the Oor and control with the wandla to see the differences... the bass with the wandla seems better vs my TT2 mscaller with the Oor, bass impact is crazy... Would like to compare the 2 dacs.

Can i have the Oor on bypass and wandla to control volume having the TT2 as dac ? Like wandla-Oor on XLR and TT2-Oor RCA and control both on the Wandla? just changing the switch from XLR to RCA and listen to which one..

You could run the Oor at full volume and trim the DAC line-out. But I would definitely not advise that.
Volume match through voltage levels published or with one of those phone apps you can hold to a transducer for "good enough" dB matching for your A/B'ing.

WANDLA beating the TT2 + MScaler would be juicy

 

[Francisco Evangelista]

You could run the Oor at full volume and trim the DAC line-out. But I would definitely not advise that.
Volume match through voltage levels published or with one of those phone apps you can hold to a transducer for "good enough" dB matching for your A/B'ing.

WANDLA beating the TT2 + MScaler would be juicy

Wasn’t @GoldenSound that mentioned liking more the wandla over the Dave ?

So if I use the oor on bypass the only way to control the volume is from the TT2 dac output?

 

[OhmsClaw]

Wasn’t @GoldenSound that mentioned liking more the wandla over the Dave ?

So if I use the oor on bypass the only way to control the volume is from the TT2 dac output?

Correct.

 

[GoldenSound]

Wasn’t @GoldenSound that mentioned liking more the wandla over the Dave ?

So if I use the oor on bypass the only way to control the volume is from the TT2 dac output?

Prefer Wandla to Dave standalone. Prefer Dave + mscaler to wandla