Wadia 121


Has anyone here had a chance to listen to the new Wadia 121 DAC? It looks very interesting but I would like to hear some opinions on it's performance. I'm assuming some magazine reviews will be out soon.
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Date today : September 1 2012. I bought a Wadia 121 and have been running it in for around 2 weeks and it's really starting to open up. It's good. Really really good even for redbook. In fact I think it's good enough to replace my Mark Levinson DAC! Yup, I might just do that...

Problems? Yes, the headphone volume stops working on more than one occasion and outputs max volume and can fry your expensive cans! Also, the balance control does not work until you cycle the power and stops working again shortly after. I agree that this is not a finished product when launched in 2009 and still not finished in September 2012!!!

But the amazing sound quality makes up for it (for me) as it just sounds amazing. If you intend to use it as a headphone amp my advise to you is to be careful!
How sad to read, that Wadia in the eagerness to launch a new product, once again launch a product to market that is buggy. Wadias experience with 581 "non se" models should have learned the firm something else, but no :-(
Reviving this old thread, as I just purchased a used 121, and mine has the same issues with the volume control freezing that others have reported.

Can any owners tell me if Wadia has been able to correct the problem with their unit?