Woo Audio - WA11 TOPAZ

Woo Audio - WA11 TOPAZ PORTABLE AMP/DACIt all started when we were developing the WA8 Eclipse. We learned that in order to reduce the size greatly, it needs to be with transistors. Introducing the WA11, an ultra-compact high-performance headphone amplifier, plus DAC. Over the course of 3-years of intensive design, we created 9 working prototypes deployed in real-world applications, before getting to the final version. The WA11 delivers an audiophile sound quality that rivals many desktop systems & with the features that users dream of.Weighing in at only 0.9 pounds & 0.95 inches thick. It is a battery-powered, fully-balanced headphone amplifier & DAC running in a Class-A topology. The WA11 is capable of driving the most demanding full-size headphones while maintaining an ultra-low noise floor for reference IEM's. The DAC is an ESS Sabre capable of decoding PCM up to 24bit / 384kHz & up to DSD128. There is also a 4.4mm balanced input for use with balanced sources such as