关于WADIA的GNS Statement Level Upgrade升级方案

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Great Northern Sound Company is based in Stillwater, Minnesota. Founded by ex-Wadia engineer Steve Huntley (he also did time with Audio Research and CAL), it’s a serious high-end dealership with an equally serious sideline in modifying products – including those they sell. Which in itself should give you pause for thought. After all, why would the likes of Wadia, Aesthetix or Resolution Audio retain these guys as dealers when the first thing they do is go inside the products those companies make. That’s a pretty emphatic vote of confidence in the work they do. When it comes to the 861, GNSC also offer three levels of modification –
Standard, Reference and Statement:


The
Standard upgrade costs $950
(plus shipping and VAT) and
includes the use of proprietary noise reduction devices in the power supplies, the removal of current limiting on the digital and analogue regulators, changes to the analogue filter section and upgrades to the critical analogue bypass caps.
GNSC will need the player for around two weeks in order to complete the work.


The
Reference package adds a completely reworked power supply, with Black Gate filter capacitors throughout, high-speed rectification additional local reservoir capacitance and the installation of Bybee noise reduction devices. Key signal path components are upgraded and high-quality output transformers are fitted, improving isolation from the amplification and preventing the passage of digital/RF noise into the system. Finally, extensive mechanical damping of the mechanism, boards and chassis is carried out. Total cost of this is $2000
(again, plus shipping and VAT) and the mods take around three weeks.



The
Statement level modifications,
as carried out on my machine, cost $3500 (plus shipping and VAT) and do all of the above, but add considerable additional local reservoir capacitors and significantly improved regulators. Analogue section caps are replaced by larger and higher quality. The Blackgates throughout are paralleled to improve filtering – making for a total of nine new caps in the main digital supply alone.
The AC input receives custom filtering and a special Bybee purifier with silver leads is used in the digital signal path. The mechanical damping applied to the unit is far more extensive, taking some 12 hours to complete, and all diodes, regulators and the DAC board, receive a layer of MusiCote. ERS RF absorbent material is also used internally, to quiet components and prevent noise radiation. The Statement mods demand a four week stay for your machine in Minnesota.


Please visit GNSC website for feedback of people that have had Wadia mod’s in the past
www.greatnorthernsounds.com
Review that HIFI+ did on a Wadia 861 in issue 62
http://www.greatnorthernsound.com/pdf/GNSC_review08.pdf



Steve Huntley joins Resolution Audio as Sales and Marketing Director
18 Nov. 2010
  Resolution Audio is very pleased to announce that Steve Huntley has joined us as Sales and Marketing Director.
                Steve has contributed to the high-end audio industry for almost 25 years in his work at Audio Research Corporation, California Audio Labs, Wadia Digital, and currently as president and founder of Great Northern Sound Company. Steve's love of music, thorough knowledge of audio electronics, long experience in the audio business, and well-known respect and passion for Resolution Audio products make Steve a great addition.
                Steve will contribute to Resolution Audio day to day operations in many ways especially in customer support and in developing our dealer/distributor network. We welcome Steve as he opens new possibilities for Resolution Audio while maintaining his long-established business, Great Northern Sound Company.

[ 本帖最后由 davidxtb 于 2013-2-15 04:55 编辑 ]

palchiu

明早帮转 :D

palchiu

报告兔大, GNSC关店了

老板跑去Resolution Audio上班

[ 本帖最后由 palchiu 于 2013-1-1 09:30 编辑 ]

音迷

原帖由 tweeter 于 2013/1/1 09:33 发表
看样子不错的升级. 可以试一试.
wadia,不会是经典的美国式力大声粗的风格吧. 为何不考虑醇和优雅的英国cdp呢？

力大生粗算上“蛮力”一个，不过看介绍他家新产品已经很细腻了。。。。。wadia不会是粗的，美国的中高端都不会是粗糙的，只不过线条比起德国，日本和法国的声音是要粗壮结实一些，但是从来不糙，想法还很细腻全面。

davidxtb

WADIA出道很久了，算是大厂了吧
什么时候轮到力大声粗了，又不是DIY的 :
不过因为它的理念是高电平输出，声音是蛮硬朗的，粗倒是没有在他家的任何一款产品中遇到。虽然英国器材有味道，但除了英国的之外，还是有很多好器材的

那个GNS的升级套件是蛮贵了，即使要买，估计也要攒一段时间的米。居然停产！！！！

[ 本帖最后由 davidxtb 于 2013-1-1 12:09 编辑 ]

肚子痛

ls真是。。。。。。用yy来劝说用家，i服了you。。。。。。。

reago

WADIA旧产品，就只听过熊大的861SE，我觉得素质很好，明显整个声音质量是超过EMBLA的，而现在的主力机型，381和781,S7I等，都可以出到细腻的声音，与EMMLABS只是风格的不同，但素质是高端的。素质与风格，烧友应该分开来看待

[ 本帖最后由 reago 于 2013-1-1 14:26 编辑 ]

小火锅

今天听有让你说861SE只要给钱工厂还会给做全新的出来，价格在10W。

音迷

原帖由 小火锅 于 2013/1/1 21:00 发表
今天听有让你说861SE只要给钱工厂还会给做全新的出来，价格在10W。

10w买861se打死我也不要。10w我要买套lp转盘，mcintosh的模拟三件套中的转盘可以考虑了 。。。。。

[ 本帖最后由 音迷 于 2013-1-1 21:05 编辑 ]

davidxtb

当年香港售价十万港币，不过那个时候港币比人民币贵。
2003年，我还在学校，十万港币打死我也不会买这个东西。
LP估计都不会考虑了，毕竟CD这条路一旦走了，就还是要继续下去。手头的碟也有百来张了，买一张是一张吧，欧洲那边还能找到喜欢的好版本的碟。

amex

神棍兄就别扯什么英国声了，英国声prism和dcs之外的靡靡之音都是屎一样的动静，真无法理解为啥一堆人跟着港灿捧臭脚。

小火锅

LP，好东西啊。。不过手头CD就白瞎拉

davidxtb

CD还是有不同的，未必每个人都会有那个心思去收LP碟