Wadax Studio Player Review

[Amir]

I still have to test right polarity....
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Listen for detecting proper polarity

 

[exupgh12]

Listen for detecting proper polarity

Amir,

Do you mean that the Wadex XLR polarity is like Japanese (pin 2 as "hot") products and not like in most American\European (pin 3 as "hot") products?

 

[Amir]

Amir,

Do you mean that the Wadex XLR polarity is like Japanese (pin 2 as "hot") products and not like in most American\European (pin 3 as "hot") products?

I mean AC cable polarity not xlr polarity.

The pin 2 "hot" and pin 3 "cold" convention was typically used by European and Japanese equipment manufacturers, but American companies used pin 3 "hot" and pin 2 "cold".

The XLR polarity is important to check before connecting but now most companies use pin 2 as “hot” .

 

[exupgh12]

I mean AC cable polarity not xlr polarity.

The pin 2 "hot" and pin 3 "cold" convention was typically used by European and Japanese equipment manufacturers, but American companies used pin 3 "hot" and pin 2 "cold".

The XLR polarity is important to check before connecting but now most companies use pin 2 as “hot” .

Thanks for the clarification Amir.

 

[mxk116]

Recommended settings by Wadax to begin the break in time...
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Stereophonic, what software/firmware build is your SP running?

Unless you spliced 2 or more images together to produce the one above, my SP display looks distinctly different. Thanks.

 

[mxk116]

Aha!...

This could be the reason. It must be Software Sunday for WADAX.

Release notes do not show Version 75 but I'm not complaining. Thank you WADAX.

 

[Stereophonic]

Same as yours...

 

[Stereophonic]

Unless you spliced 2 or more images together to produce the one above, my SP display looks distinctly different. Thanks.

It is a collage of three pics...

 

[mxk116]

It is a collage of three pics...

Thank you for clearing that up for me.

 

[mxk116]

Not certain what WADAX did with the Studio Player Version 75 software update but it is a demonstrable improvement over V66. The addition of my recently added bridged WestminsterLab Rei amps has made these changes more easy to hear and understand.

More to come on that, but the soundstage produced with V75 is more fleshed out on the periphery and now reaches further back into the corners of the room. The release of notes is more continuous and extended in time producing an even more immersive sound field. Recordings that contain harmonized overdubs are more clearly rendered in space, pitch and timbre.

Wow, this is an exceptional update as far as I can tell. Kudos once again to WADAX and their software team.