I have the Accustic Arts Tube Hybrid in my system, you can read a review of it here on the GON, and recently was at a friend's house who has the Wadia dual DAC/controller head reference unit and thought his Wadia digital front was the best that Wadia has produced and was a real pleasure to listen to, however I did not believe it out performed the AA Tube Hybrid DAC sonicly. Also remember that that the Wadia cost almost $30000.00 more then the AA piece.
I have listened to the top of the line Wadia pieces in the past and never really liked them, not very musical/organic though very detailed/powerful sounding, this new Wadia is very musical and for my ear's very different then the "house" sound that Wadia used to have.
I have listened to the top of the line Wadia pieces in the past and never really liked them, not very musical/organic though very detailed/powerful sounding, this new Wadia is very musical and for my ear's very different then the "house" sound that Wadia used to have.