Rockna Wavelight

[harsheel]

What's' the consensus of the Wavelight's preamp section? May be buying a new amp but don't have a preamp to go with it.

I used the WaveLight as a DAC and Preamp for a while and the sound was clear and well presented. I did end up adding an external preamp and found the sound more engaging. I set the volume to about 50-90 depending on how much I want to use the preamp volume control (my toddler sometimes grabs the volume knob). If I did not have an external pre-amp already I would be content using the Wavelight as both DAC and Preamp especially now as the app has gotten way better to use.

 

[Weissenborn]

Anybody of you using the Wavelight with a headphone amp from the Lake People. I'm just wondering if this DAC would be a good match for my Niimbus US5 Pro.....

....no one ?

 

[RubyTiger]

I have to agree with the assessment the preamp section is just ok. The best sound I obtained was with volume at 100. Now I have a new question. Has anyone tried using a Chord M Scaler with the Wavelight? I know it's made for the Chord dac's but I'm curious to know what it would do.

 

[Weissenborn]

Will I get some sonic improvements when I put a DDC (in my case a Denafrips Gaia 12th) in front of my new WaveLight DAC ?

 

[Diet Kokaine]

Will I get some sonic improvements when I put a DDC (in my case a Denafrips Gaia 12th) in front of my new WaveLight DAC ?

The Wavelight is very sensitive to every change you make upstream. You should hear a clear difference.

 

[Fife]

Will I get some sonic improvements when I put a DDC (in my case a Denafrips Gaia 12th) in front of my new WaveLight DAC ?

You may be better off saving the DDC budget and required cables and picking up a used WaveDream edition/Sigamture instead, if within budget

 

[Diet Kokaine]

You may be better off saving the DDC budget and required cables and picking up a used WaveDream edition/Sigamture instead, if within budget

A good source is a prerequisite with either DAC.

 

[ThomasTheTankEngine]

A few questions.

1. If I connect the Wavelight DAC to an active studio monitor, which volume control is better to use—the analog or the hybrid? (In the DAC's menu.) Since the studio monitor has no volume control, the Wavelight would handle this task.

2. Does the Wavelight Server have a replaceable fuse, like the Wavelight DAC?

3. In the Wavelight Server’s streamer settings, is Tidal already available alongside Spotify?

 

[Bkido]

A few questions.

1. If I connect the Wavelight DAC to an active studio monitor, which volume control is better to use—the analog or the hybrid? (In the DAC's menu.) Since the studio monitor has no volume control, the Wavelight would handle this task.

2. Does the Wavelight Server have a replaceable fuse, like the Wavelight DAC?

3. In the Wavelight Server’s streamer settings, is Tidal already available alongside Spotify?

1. I'm using the volume control only to lower the output voltage a bit to go into my tube amp (94/100) but, at least in my setup, hybrid seems more transparent.

2. I think it does have a replaceable fuse under a black cap on the PSU PCB but I don't pay much attention to fuses.

3. From what I know Rockna tries to integrate Tidal Connect for quite some time now but it seems that working with Tidal is a pain. So not sure we'll ever see an integration on WLS. Qobuz Connect seems to be in the works though. I'm using Tidal/Qobuz through Roon myself.