Any experience with a Wadia 6?

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.

Its been about four years since I owned a Wadia 6. I had it from 1991 or 1992 to 2000. In that time, it worked flawlessly. In 2000, when I switched to a Sony SCD-1, I noted that the Wadia sounded a bit more polite and less dynamic than the Sony, but it certainly was not creamed by the Sony. I'm sure that in many applications, the Wadia would be preferable to the Sony.

I have a Wadia 6 since 1994. It is switchable between 220 volts and 110 volts. So far I have not experienced any problem with it... touch wood. I found it sounds better if I connect it to a preamp rather than connecting directly to the power amp. I have 3 other cd players at home, but the Wadia 6 is still my favourite.

I have wadia 6 for quite some times, now thinking of upgrading,and would like to get a used unit (Wadia 12 DAC) from friend, is wadia 12 DAC matched my Wadia 6?

pl advice!

thank you

samschua@yahoo.com.sg,

Thats a step in the wrong direction in my opinion...The Wadia 6 DAC section is quite a bit better than the brick-wall filtered W-12 DAC (which is nice, don't get me wrong).

Still, the W-12 will at best sound different than that 6's internal Dac section...If you are looking for an improvement...better to look at a newer player in my opinion.

Steve