wadia 861 input output disabling

Wadia states that the Digital outputs can be disabled for sligthly better performance. I am not aware of being able to disable the inputs.

To disable the outputs, you must take the top cover off first and the nremove the bottom cover to get to the digital output board. Set dip switches 1, 3, 5 and 7 to the open position. Once you do this you have disabled all of the outputs and it doesn't matter if dip switches 2, 4, 6 and 8 are open or closed.

To set a dip switch to the open position, push an individual dip switch down towards the number on the switch housing. Another way to realize this is to realize that the player comes pre-set with switches 1,3,5 and 7 in the closed position. Therefore, set these switches of a new player to the opposite position.

I haven't done an A/B since I had these disabled previous to purchase.

I would pose that question to Steve Huntley at GNSC. If I recall, they actually remove them from the circuit or perhaps the whole IO board. As long as anything there is powered you're going to have at least some noise to deal with.

Thanks - I will try setting the corresponding switches. Aoliviero I see you have had your Wadia modded by GNS. Is the mod a huge improvement? I feel the image (mostly vocals) in my system is slightly fuzzy around the edges. I was thinking maybe the mod would take care of that. What do you think?

agree w/ Aoliviero - Wadia suggests there might be an improvement if the OUTPUTS (not the inputs) are disabled.
(couldnt do it my case as the bottom hex-head screws were jammed over time & broke the tip of my hex-head allen wrench when I exerted pressure)

re. "slighty fuzzy around the edges" - have you played around w/ the diff algorithms? which algo do you have it set on right now?

from my experience w/ the 861, I found that it responds well to several isolation tweaks such as damping the rack as a whole, isolating the 861 from the rack shelf, damping the chassis even more, using after-mkt cones & after-mkt power cord.
Re. the power cord - don't need to spend mega bucks on one. Get one that is correctly made by a manuf who knows what he's doing. Silver Audio, Virtual Dynamics (his down-mkt models) & Signal Cable come to mind.

after you do all this, see if the sound still remains "slighty fuzzy around the edges". The 861 is not plug-and-play. You will not get the best from it using this way.
FWIW. IMHO.