Which Wadia??

build quality is very good as is the parts inside. The company has been in turmoil lately. I would have to say you would be better off with a Mark Levinson dac. Which are fairly cheap on the used market at this time. Good Luck

Lev335 is referring to a DAC - you were asking about a transport, right?
It always depends on your personal taste. All the WADIAs are of incredible building perfection. I tend to think that the younger the transport is - and the 270 is in current production line - the more improved the unit is. WADIA always stepped forward in their quality - never backwards. But since the building quality is so good - why not go for an older transport of your taste and budget.
When it comes to the DAC, however, things get more taste related. F.e. I do not like the Levinson DAC's AT ALL. But since you were asking about a transport I guess your DAC is already sitting on its shelf waiting for digital food?

Yes....my dCS Purcell/Delius is waiting for a better digital source than my tweaked Rotel-971. So far, I've found 3200's for about $800, 20's for about $2000, and a 7 for about $3700. A new 270 will run quite a bit more.

While I agree that newer is usually better, I've heard that the 7, while in production almost a decade ago was perhaps the finest transport Wadia ever made...and remains a reference standard today.

Any opinions on whether it would sound $3K better than a 3200???

the 7 utilizes a teac transport while the newer transports utilize the pioneer transport the teac is far superior