[JLoud]

RobertSM you must be stalking this thread! Hope the review helps with your DAC shopping.

 

[RobertSM]

RobertSM you must be stalking this thread! Hope the review helps with your DAC shopping.

Haha! Yes, I'm definitely watching closely. I think due to space issue the Weiss DAC501 will be better for me. But the 501 & 502 are the same expect for the larger chassis and XLR out for headphones on the 502. But they measure the same.

Thanks for your write up. Very useful!

 

[tutetibiimperes]

How many PEQ settings per headphone does the Weiss DAC have?

 

[vcoheda]

the DSP settings on the weiss DAC502 look very interesting, especially these:

• Creative Equalizer - a tone control with low boost/cut, high boost/cut and mid boost/cut. Very useful to correct those recordings which do not quite sound right.
  
  
• De-Essing - the automatic removal of overly bright sibilances from human voices. The sibilance effect can be more or less pronounced depending on your speakers or room acoustics.
  
  
• Vinyl Emulation - get that special sonic character of a record player based playback chain. We also employ an emulation of the DMM-CD procedure offered by the Stockfisch label.
  
  
• Headphone Equalizer - to adapt any headphone to the listener's ears in terms of frequency response.
  
  
• Crossfeed - to emulate a speaker based playback impression on headphones.