Ferrum Wandla HP

Sale price$4,490.00

Add Hypsos: Yes ($1195)

Pre-Order for late November fulfillment

 

Our flagship DAC/Pre, now available with an integrated headphone amp
The same WANDLA you know and love, and more:

WANDLA HP includes both a premium pre-amp and headphone amp.

HP incorporates top-tier headphone amplification into WANDLA's architecture while preserving the same sleek chassis
HP Stands for Headphone
A new sweet spot in the Ferrum lineup: WANDLA HP is a new all-in-one option that's more full-featured and higher-performing than ERCO, and more affordable than the flagship WANDLA/OOR stack

A one-box solution, ideal for music lovers who listen to both headphones and speakers

True Ferrum minimalism: a single 4.4mm Pentaconn balanced output has been added to the front panel

• High quality 4.4mm→6.35mm adapter included in the box

• Same fully balanced topology

• Outputs 3.5 watts into 50 Ω

• Dynamic range of 122 dB

• Can be used with GoldenSound firmware, available at ferrum.audio
Shipping late November.
Pre-order now for the holiday season.

Specifications Ferrum WANDLA HP 

Headphone Section
THD balanced:
  • 0.00016 % / -116 dB, 10 mW into 50 Ω; 
  • 0.00020 % / -114 dB, 100 mW into 50 Ω 

THD unbalanced:

  • 0.00022 % / -113 dB, 10 mW into 50 Ω; 
  • 0.00022 % / -113 dB, 100 mW into 50 Ω 

Output Power Single Ended: 1 W into 50 Ω 
Output Power Balanced: 3.5 W into 50 Ω  Dyn. Range: 122 dB 
HP Output impedance: 0.5 Ω unbalanced 
HP Output impedance: 1 Ω balanced 

Other
Operation: Fully balanced, proprietary IC power amp 
DAC chip: ESS Sabre ES9038PRO 
DAC resolution:  768k/32bit, DSD 512 
Digital inputs:

  • AES/EBU (up to 196kHz/24bit, DoP 64)
  • Optical S/PDIF (up to 96kHz/24bit)
  • Coaxial S/PDIF (up to 192kHz/24bit, DoP 64)
  • USB-C (up to 768kHz/32bit, DSD 512, DoP 256)
  • ARC (up to 192kHz/24bit), TV input with CEC
  • I2S (up to 768kHz/32bit, DSD 512, DoP 256), PS Audio® compatible 


MQA: decoder and renderer (on all digital inputs) 
Analog inputs: RCA 
Analog input Vmax: 9,5V RMS (2 – 3.5V RMS recommended) 
Analogue input imp: 47kΩ 
Line outputs: balanced XLR; unbalanced RCA 
Volume control: analogue with bypass option / digital for DAC operation only 
Line Output level: @0 dBFS, 1kHz sine 10 V RMS balanced, 5 V RMS unbalanced  
Line Output level (RED): @0 dBFS, 1kHz sine 4 V RMS balanced, 2 V RMS unbalanced 
Frequency response  on analog inputs: 10Hz – 200kHz +/- 0.1 dB 
DAC THD: -121 dB (0,00009 %); THD+N: -115dB (unweighted) 
Analog input THD: -123 dB @ 2V RMS output level 
Dyn. range analog: 127 dB (A-weighted) 
Dyn. range digital: 122 dB (A-weighted) 
DAC Output Crosstalk: -120 dB for 1kHz, better than -100 dB for 20Hz – 20kHz  
Line Output impedance: 22 Ω unbalanced 
Line Output impedance: 44 Ω balanced 

Power consumption:

  • 13 W idle (with amp powered off)
  • 18 W idle (with amp powered on)
  • 35 W max

Power inputs: 5.5/2.5 mm DC connector center positive proprietary FPL 4-pin DC connector (FPL) 22-30 VDC 
Power adapter: 100-240 VAC to 24 VDC
Dimensions: 21.7 x 20.6 x 5 cm / 8.6 x 8.1 x 2.0 inch 
(WxDxH) 
Remote control: included  
Weight: 1.90 kg / 4.19 lbs