Ferrum WANDLA HP

Flagship DAC with a fully balanced headphone amp – HYPSOS-upgradable

Ferrum introduces the newest member of the WANDLA family: WANDLA HP. Ferrum’s rise up the hi-fi chain brought HYPSOS (their revolutionary hybrid power supply), OOR (their flagship headphone amplifier), ERCO (their entry-level DAC), and WANDLA (their flagship DAC). What these products share is HYPSOS upgradability.

WANDLA HP lands right between the entry level and the “super flagship” tier for headphone enthusiasts: essentially a WANDLA, paired with a great-sounding headphone amplifier. It’s for those who want more than ERCO, but aren’t ready yet for WANDLA combined with OOR.

Bringing across all WANDLA options and specs, Ferrum’s engineers integrated a powerful, fully balanced IC headphone amplifier whose quality level comes very close to OOR. As with all Ferrum gear, you can reach even higher by pairing WANDLA HP with HYPSOS. It looks the part, it’s all about the music, and it’s a guaranteed head-turner.

Features

• Fully balanced headphone amplifier
  A fully balanced IC headphone amp, purpose-tuned specifically for WANDLA HP.
• Powerful
  Up to 3.5 W into 50 Ω (balanced) for confident drive and control.
• Dynamic
  Impressive headphone-amp dynamic range of 122 dB.
• Tomorrow’s high-end, today
  Top-tier audio performance at a price point that’s unusually competitive for this class.
• Finely tuned D/A conversion
  ESS Sabre ES9038PRO with Ferrum’s advanced new I/V converter—sonics comparable to products costing far more.
• SERCE
  Digital audio system module: optimized ARM chip with the shortest possible signal path (eliminates 5 chips), incl. MQA decoder/renderer and digital filter selection.
• Dynamic digital filtering
  A selection of digital filters developed for Ferrum by renowned filter designer HQ Player; more filters will arrive via future updates based on user interaction.
• Optimized digital inputs
  Specially programmed USB plus tuned coax/optical S/PDIF, AES, ARC (TV), and I2S inputs—optimized for audio.
• Proprietary gain stage
  Fully balanced, modified IC preamp stage—fine-tuned for WANDLA HP.
• Truly balanced signal path
  The entire signal path is truly balanced. Even with RCA input, the signal is converted to balanced at the first active input stage.
• Easy to operate
  New high-resolution touchscreen with an intuitive UI—plus remote control.
• Enhanced transparency
  Designed for a balanced, highly transparent signature—listening fatigue becomes a thing of the past.
• Made for HYPSOS
  Excellent out of the box, even stronger with HYPSOS. Via Ferrum Power Link (FPL) with 4T voltage sensing, both units reach their absolute maximum.

Technical Specifications