Wadia Digital 302 owner manual Introduction, A Brief History of Wadia

Introduction ____________________

All of us at Wadia would like to offer thanks and congratulations to you for purchasing the Wadia 302 Compact Disc Player. We sincerely believe that your Wadia 302 CD Player is an intelligent purchase decision that will bring you many years of musical pleasure and satisfaction. While every new owner is anxious to begin listening, we encourage you to take a few minutes to read this manual and familiarize yourself with the full capabilities of the Wadia 302 CD Player.

To reduce the risk of injury or damage to your Wadia 302 CD Player, please read the safety instructions on the first page of this manual. In addition, please pay particular attention to the sections of this manual where the symbol at left is shown.

A Brief History of Wadia

Wadia was originally founded in 1988, making it the first high-end audio company dedicated to digital audio reproduction. Wadia was formed by a group of telecommunications engineers from 3M Corporation who were committed to using advanced digital technology to improve the performance of digital audio equipment.

Wadia’s first product, the Wadia 2000 Decoding Computer, was a breakthrough in that it proved the viability of the Compact Disc as a musically involving format. Wadia has continued to develop new methods and technology and each successive product has resulted in a new standard of performance for digital audio decoding. Here is an abbreviated list of the technological innovations Wadia engineers pioneered:

•Patented DigiMaster™ up-sampling algorithm, optimized for extracting maximum musical information from digital-audio data stream.

•First company to apply high bandwidth glass fiber optics to home audio.

•Direct-Connect™ system to connect digital audio products directly to an amplifier.

•ClockLink™ proprietary jitter-reduction technology.

•Swift-Current™ zero-feedback current to voltage converter.

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