Wadia 581 SE vs 781

If you are in no hurry wait for the 981.

If you are really not in a hurry considering it has been canceled and Wadia will no longer comment on if and when the 981 project will be revived. It seems that they are more interested in their new 1 series units which, to be fair, is probably keeping them in the black.

I remember seen somewhere indicating that the transport on the 781i is either LG/Samsung made in Korea, as opposed to the TEAC's on the 581i made in Japan. I've been considering to purchase either one but I really don't want to spend big chunk of $ if it's made by LG/Samsung. Can someone please tell me if you had any issue with 781i transport?

Hi Solaris4ever,

the transport inside the 581 and 781 is the same; it could be Sanyo modified by Wadia Digital.

Best regards,