Any experience with a Wadia 6?

Thanks for the feedback! I did find out some information from Steve Huntley at Great Northern Sound. He was very helpful and after hearing what my associated components were, suggested I may be happier with my second choice of a Theta Miles. I haven't decided for sure yet, but am now leaning that way.

Thanks again!

Hi, hope this is not toooo late ;-)
I am a satisfied owner of a Wadia 6 that's been with me since 1984. It's simply a great player that satisfies my taste. For 16 years, I used it to directly drive my Threshold T1, bi-amped Forte, and bi-amped MF X-A200. I haven't found a player that can better it's performance and reliability (except Wadia's). I now had to run it into a pre-amp because I went back to analogue - still, it is a player to contend with. There are 2 downsides I see: 1. it is definitely old; 2. it has no digital input (which I needed to use a W17 ADC for my analogue source); between those two, it is probably the age that you have to consider. But I must tell you - most other CD, DVD, SACD players sound inferior to this 'old model'.

enjoy!
edgar
from the Philippines

.music is all that matters.

Interesting! the wadia 6 was first released in 1992.

I have an early Wadia 6 I bought 10 years ago. Never any problems. Always used bal connectors direct to the amp. It really does sound best this way. I also have a Wadia 830, which functions very much like the 6 , except that it has the internal dip switches to adjust output to match amp/speaker combinations. The 830 has updated Wadia tehnology and sounds a bit more "open" than the 6, but they are definitely cousins. I'm selling my 830, keeping the 6, in order to give priority to speaker replacement.

I have a Wadia 6 bought in the mid-90s (220 volt) and never had any problems with it. I haven't found the need to upgrade (IMO, it still outperforms many CD players to date), except perhaps to the Wadia 9 itself. It's very well built, at a time when they were less commercial than today.

I listened to their PowerDAC (Wadia 790) once - it has an improved and "cleaner" sound than the 6, but you can definitely hear the same Wadia characteristics.