Heard from RELIABLE sources who have actually heard the Wadia Intitution and ALSO compared it with the Devialet that the Intution is a more serious and better sounding product at nearly half the price. My friend who heard both, actually made a very bold statement that the Intitution blows the Devialet out of the park. Realibity of what was said is 101% and not 100%. The new King is what he said. This is a new catageory and a new design which will not be upgradable to the older designs.The details are as under for the Intitution.
High power output and excellent current delivery: 350 watts per channel
via Class D+ technology. High resolution USB input: 384 kHz/32 bit. Native DSD playback via USB
1) Power: 350W + 350W , 1%THD , Load 4 Ohm
2) Upsampling: 1.536 MHz Wadia Delta-SigMaster FIR 32 bit
upsampling algorithm
3) Digital to analog: 32bit ESS 9018 SabreDAC Industry Reference
4) Frequency response: 3hz - 45khz (-3db) for 1w @ 8 ohm
5) S/N: 113dbA (20-20k hz A weighted)
6) Jitter: below 1pS RMS
7) Distorsion: < 0,005% (THD, DIM, SMPTE)
8) 7 Digital Inputs: 1xUSB, 1xTOSLINK Optical, 2xWadialink(I2S), 1xAES/EBU,
2x Coaxial S/PDIF (RCA) , 2x Analog