Wadia was the
first company to produce an iPod docking station with a bit perfect digital
audio output that can be conected to a home high fidelity audio system.
This is not surprising since Wadia, founded in 1988, was an early pioneer in digital audio and
has addressed many of the core technological issues with the products it has brought into the market place.
The better audio companies follow product development processes that are based on researching areas in audio reproduction
that appear to correlate with artistic communication. Wadia has a history sucessfully applying
these methods and bringing products to the marketplace that meet the needs of the audio enthusiast.
There are many players in the field of iPod/iPhone/iPad based audio playback systems.
With 20+ years of experience, however, Wadia is among this segment's leaders in that it's
products are both technically advanced and musically satisfying. Many companies logically enough incorporate
trickle-down technology into their less expensive products. Wadia is in the smaller subset of these companies
that implement this into very affordable products for a wider domain of listeners.
The series 1 products that kemela currently carries provide the ideal path to extend the scope
of today's mobile devices which increasingly cater to music entertainment, from beyond the personal earbud/headphone
space, and into more social settings and environments.
USB inputs makes connecting a computer, and listening to downloaded music, simple and straight forward.
170 iPod Docking Station
Turns your iPod into an audiophile media server
SPDIF digital output to connect to DAC
Analog RCA outputs to connect to amplifier/reciever
Component and S-video outputs to connect to video processor
171i iPod/iPhone/iPad Docking Station
Superior performing digital hub
Digital output only (requires DAC)
Also processes high resolution video signals
Useful infrared remote control
Impressive performer at this price level
151PowerDAC Mini Amplifier
25/50 watts into 8/4 ohms class D amplifier with built in DAC
24bit/96kHz USB input
24bit/192kHz optical and SPDIF coaxial inputs(2)
PCM to PWM internal 24/384 upsampling with direct ditigal volume control
Clean vocals, dynamic, with smoother treble than most class D amplifiers