[swissheadphonelover]

Here is a good explanation of the new 4Ch DACs from Weiss Engineering's Asia focused website, called Asia Weiss.

https://www.asiaweiss.com/hifi-products/dac502-mk2-4ch/

Weiss offers an upgrade from standard 50x to the new 4Ch version. I got this upgrade yesterday and I am very pleased by the further refinement in all relevant sonic aspects, transparency, precision especially in bass, better localization of individual instruments on stage etc. and the 4Ch applications yet to come.

Highly recommended

 

[RobertSM]

 

[RobertSM]

Here is a good review of the Weiss DAC502-4Ch version aka MKII. Review includes a few internal pictures.

https://positive-feedback.com/high-fidelity/weiss-dac502-mk2-dac/

 

[johnwillmclean]

That review lost me at the semi precious stones. I much prefer to pray for better sound, and it’s cheaper!

 

[RobertSM]

I too prefer to pay for better sound. With this DAC I get it in spades. Forty years of engineering distilled down into the current generation of DACs. It's a beautiful thing.

Have you heard these products before? Clearly the positive reviews are testimonials to its superior sound.

 

[johnwillmclean]

I too prefer to pay for better sound. With this DAC I get it in spades. Forty years of engineering distilled down into the current generation of DACs. It's a beautiful thing. Have you heard these products before? Clearly the positive reviews are testimonials to its superior sound.

Yes DACs have come along way, all modern well designed DACs should have exceptional measurements and sound to match, beyond our hearing abilities.

 

[George Hincapie]

It's a lot of money to pay for a Sabre based DAC. I normally wouldn't touch ESS with a barge pole, but wouldn't mind having a listen to one to find out if the hype is real.

 

[RobertSM]

It's a lot of money to pay for a Sabre based DAC. I normally wouldn't touch ESS with a barge pole, but wouldn't mind having a listen to one to find out if the hype is real.

I get it.

I think Warren Chi hits the nail on the head when he says(in an earlier post, in this thread) he doesn't think it sounds like a Sabre DAC.

The wonderful thing about auditions is that they are free. Even a modest entry fee into a CanJam opens the doors to get your hands and ears on tons of gear.

 

[George Hincapie]

I get it.

I think Warren Chi hits the nail on the head when he says(in an earlier post, in this thread) he doesn't think it sounds like a Sabre DAC.

The wonderful thing about auditions is that they are free. Even a modest entry fee into a CanJam opens the doors to get your hands and ears on tons of gear.

And I absolutely will take advantage this year; great suggestion.

 

[chesebert]

The problem with CanJam from a source perspective is there aren’t any high end units present. You will not find Rossini, DV2, Klimax, Dac501, M1, MPD8 or the like at CanJam

 

[kumar402]

Headphone user is not the target audience for extremely high end source.

 

[hifixman]

The internal doesn’t look fancy at all but the photographer has tried his best to make it as neat as it could be. Definitely not the selling point

The problem with CanJam from a source perspective is there aren’t any high end units present. You will not find Rossini, DV2, Klimax, Dac501, M1, MPD8 or the like at CanJam

Hard agree!

The bigger problem might be some systems there are just temporarily made up with the components mostly provided by the sponsors there.

 

[chesebert]

The internal doesn’t look fancy at all but the photographer has tried his best to make it as neat as it could be. Definitely not the selling point

Hard agree! except M1 doesn’t count as high end source

The bigger problem is the system there are just temporarily created by the ones mostly provided by the sponsors there.

Isn’t M1 like $11k? I suppose it’s on the cusp of high end. It definitely plays like high end.

 

[hifixman]

Isn’t M1 like $11k? I suppose it’s on the cusp of high end. It definitely plays like high end.

The price at used market is very valuable reference to the value of a component.

 

[hifixman]

Headphone user is not the target audience for extremely high end source.

But it is changing gradually and slowly …

Cause there has been more and more serious desktop players.