No stef im almost certain this isnt a Wolfson, from an old project page I think it is an Analog Digital 9826
Link: http://www.analog.com/en/audiovideo-products/cameracamcorder-analog-front-ends/ad9826/products/product.html I too am puzzled why there are so many writes to the frontend, the XP200 in the gl686 I think uses an AD frontend and even that only has a few fe writes, although the XP200 has separate functions for AD coarse grain calibration and AD offset calibration so im not sure if these extra writes are done then? Any advice? Chris