wadia 581 My 581 skips and doesn't recognize sacd

Thanks Rob. I just thought that maybe someone had a similar problem and it was a transport that had been dicontinued early on in the production teething phase. In my experience sacd transports just don't work. I can't believe I was dumb enough to buy another one. I wanted the no pre-amp option on the Wadia and I thought that if anyone would get it right Wadia would. I've had the early DCS/ Marantz SA-1/ Krell SACD standard and now the Wadia. All with botched transports. The others never were really fixed. DCS to their credit replaced it (took three months).Marantz just gave up and gave me my money back. The Krell worked but you could hear it across the room. I'll get this fixed/ sell it and buy the first cd pro-2 based player I see and never give it up. Thanks again.

I have no problems of any kind, with either CD or SACD, including ability to select between the two on dual layer disks (which was another problem I have heard about on very early models).
And no overheating as well.
Send it to Wadia.

If they cannot fix it, I would ask for a refund. That would be reasonable. For that amount of money, it should be flawless. It is probably an early production problem, and they should support early adopters.

Sorry you are having such bad luck.

Rob

I had the same problem with the 581 although mine did not overheat. Take it back to the dealer/distibutor and get it swapped for a 581se.

Thanks guys. I'm sending it in for the SE upgrade. I'm told that is the magic bullet for these issues. I really love the sound when it works.