Denver’s high-end audio fest, part 2
The Wadia stack brings out the very best in iPod sound.
(Credit: Steve GuttenbergThe Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009, held last week in Denver, showcased the best and brightest in new high-end headphones and iPod sound enhancing gear.
I blogged about Wadia's super iPod dock, the 170i Transport last year, and Wadia now has a matching digital-to-analog converter/power amplifier, the 151. It has one USB, one Toslink, and two coax inputs. The 170i was the first "dock" to extract a digital output from an unmodified iPod, so for those who really care about sound quality, the Wadia 151 will be the way to go. The 151 PowerDAC will soon be available in black and silver.
Jack Wu standing next to the best-sounding headphone rig at the show.
(Credit: Steve GuttenbergJack Wu of Woo Audio brought a nice selection of his tube headphone amplifiers to the show. I'm a huge fan of Woo Audio, its amps have made my Grado and Sennheiser headphones better than ever. Woo was showing prototypes of its upcoming digital-to-analog converters, the sound showed great promise.
...Originally posted at The Audiophiliac