WADIA Announces Acquisition of UltraAnalog.

WADIA, a leading manufacturer of high-end digital audio products, is pleased to announce the acquisition of UltraAnalog, a leading supplier of high resolution Audio D/A Converters and related OEM products. UltraAnalog introduced the world's first 20-bit resolution Audio A/D and D/A Converters in the early 1990's and has contributed greatly to the success of numerous digital audio products offered by its OEM customers. The combined technical contributions to digital audio reproduction by the two companies during the past ten years are unsurpassed within the high-end audio industry.

UltraAnalog is best known for their DAC D20400-A 20 bit D/A Converters and their AES 21 Digital Audio Receivers, which are found inside Digital Processors and CD Players offered by many high-end component manufacturers. More recently, the company developed the low-jitter I2S-enhanced digital interface, first utilized in the Sonic Frontiers Transport-3. UltraAnalog has also worked closely with their OEM customers to develop CD Players, Transports, Digital Processors and Surround Sound Preamplifiers, many of which have received worldwide acclaim for sonic excellence.

Since the introduction of the revolutionary Wadia 2000 Decoding Computer in 1988, WADIA has continually expanded its worldwide reputation as the leader in sonic performance of CD playback equipment. Wadia's list of innovations includes:

Patented DigiMaster filter system which preserves musically-critical phase and time information

First separate Digital Audio Processor

First high-end integrated CD player

First Audiophile-Quality Digital Volume Control

RockLok, ClockLink, and Carillon (Patent Pending) jitter-reduction technologies

Patented SwiftCurrent analog output circuit

 

"The unique technology achievements by UltraAnalog and WADIA provide an outstanding backdrop for future development efforts." said Stephen Jeffery, CEO of WADIA, "We are excited about our opportunity to build on this base and the potential benefits to the consumer".

As president of UltraAnalog, Richard Powers stated, "While we will continue to fully support our OEM customers, we are very eager to contribute to the development of new WADIA products. We expect that the combined expertise of the two firms will result in technically innovative products coming to market in the early part of 1999."

UltraAnalog, based in Pleasanton, California, will continue to operate within its facility as a division of WADIA. WADIA's headquarters are located in River Falls, Wisconsin.