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Cornholio 09-20-2013 03:18 PM

The Wave preamp/DAC
 
How does it compare to 300B and others? It has balanced inputs and outputs (unlike 300B), has a remote (unlike Reference) so it sounds pretty tempting to me used. Any impressions?

Musicophile 12-31-2013 11:24 AM

I regret that I have never heard it. I use the 300B preamp and will never part with it. There are some rumors of there coming a new Manley DAC/preamp in 2014 :-)

magoo 01-05-2014 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Musicophile (Post 565193)
I regret that I have never heard it. I use the 300B preamp and will never part with it. There are some rumors of there coming a new Manley DAC/preamp in 2014 :-)

Am I the only one who reckons a Pre with a built in phono stage would have more takers; It seems that DAC technology moves so fast that whatever Manley implemented now would be outdated in a scant year or two. A Pre with a built in phono stage on the other hand would surely attract a user looking for quality & less clutter on their rack (me for one!) in a product one could conceive of owning for years. Manley's reputation with phono stages is excellent, so the combination would be a winner imho.

ps....balanced outputs would be good too ;)

4RE 01-11-2014 07:50 AM

No you are sure not the only one..

If Manley would have created a Big Reference preamplifier with Steelhead and NeoClassic 300B in one (ofcourse with separate PS) I would be on the list and prepaid already.
I like my Steelhead and 300B very much, but Evanna should bring out the new WAVE/TURBOT Pre/DAC in two choices, either as dedicated full blown phono OR the full blown DAC version.

Further I see no big market for this DAC version.. Although it may sound Very good, and sure trust that :yes:

I'm SACD fanboy, and always had one box players, will never change that.
Keep It Simple.
So i'm no potential for the WAVE/TURBOT preamp/DAC i'm sorry. Great looking though !! :thumbsup:


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