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Weiss Engineering
Website:https://weiss.ch/
Est. year: 1985
Location: Switzerland
Weiss Engineering is a Swiss digital audio specialist set up in 1985 in Uster near Zurich by electronics engineer Daniel Weiss. It began with converters and processors for mastering studios and since 2000 has also built DACs and streaming products for home listening, while keeping a professional audio range alongside the hi-fi line.
Range & what it's known for
The home range includes the DAC501 and DAC502 in MK2 form, the DSP501 and DSP502 processors, the HELIOS converter, the MAN301 music server, the compact DAC204 and DAC205, the INT202 to INT204 interfaces and a ONE-BOX stereo system. The DAC502 is a network renderer and Roon Ready, takes AES/EBU, S/PDIF, USB and Ethernet, and plays PCM up to 384 kHz and DSD128, with discrete line and headphone stages. The DAC501 is electrically the same in a smaller case without the rear 4-pin headphone socket. The trait that sets the brand apart is built-in DSP taken from its studio tools, with equalisation for the listening space, creative tone control, loudness, de-essing, vinyl emulation, crosstalk cancelling and headphone EQ. HELIOS uses four paralleled conversion channels per side and discrete OP2-BP op-amps.
Who owns it and where it's made
The company remains led by its founder. Daniel Weiss graduated from the technical school in Rapperswil in 1979 and then spent five years in the digital lab of Studer, where he designed the SFC16 sample rate converter. His first product was the modular 102 Series, sold through Harmonia Mundi Acustica, followed by the Gambit Series. All products are developed and made in Switzerland. In 2021 he received a Technical Grammy for his work for mastering studios.
The lineup in this catalog
DACs, costing upwards of about USD 8,000, with the top models past USD 20,000.
Who it's for
Listeners with a digital source who want conversion, streaming and studio-grade signal processing in one box. Most buyers begin with the DAC501 or DAC502, with HELIOS above them for a more purist converter, and the DSP models for those who already own a DAC.
Range & what it's known for
The home range includes the DAC501 and DAC502 in MK2 form, the DSP501 and DSP502 processors, the HELIOS converter, the MAN301 music server, the compact DAC204 and DAC205, the INT202 to INT204 interfaces and a ONE-BOX stereo system. The DAC502 is a network renderer and Roon Ready, takes AES/EBU, S/PDIF, USB and Ethernet, and plays PCM up to 384 kHz and DSD128, with discrete line and headphone stages. The DAC501 is electrically the same in a smaller case without the rear 4-pin headphone socket. The trait that sets the brand apart is built-in DSP taken from its studio tools, with equalisation for the listening space, creative tone control, loudness, de-essing, vinyl emulation, crosstalk cancelling and headphone EQ. HELIOS uses four paralleled conversion channels per side and discrete OP2-BP op-amps.
Who owns it and where it's made
The company remains led by its founder. Daniel Weiss graduated from the technical school in Rapperswil in 1979 and then spent five years in the digital lab of Studer, where he designed the SFC16 sample rate converter. His first product was the modular 102 Series, sold through Harmonia Mundi Acustica, followed by the Gambit Series. All products are developed and made in Switzerland. In 2021 he received a Technical Grammy for his work for mastering studios.
The lineup in this catalog
DACs, costing upwards of about USD 8,000, with the top models past USD 20,000.
Who it's for
Listeners with a digital source who want conversion, streaming and studio-grade signal processing in one box. Most buyers begin with the DAC501 or DAC502, with HELIOS above them for a more purist converter, and the DSP models for those who already own a DAC.
