T+A DAC 200 or WEISS 501

@jjss49 what exactly did you liked so much about the 501 can you please highlight to understand if your preference meets mine

the features, the sound, the small footprint

i am sure you are aware of the manifold features of the 501, so i won’t bother repeating them ad nauseum here

https://twitteringmachines.com/weiss-dac501-beauty-with-brains/ -- m lavorna is an excellent writer, great ears too, covers the needed ground here

I believe one of the dealers on this forum has a demo Weiss unit that can be tested out at home.

@jasbirnandra , Like you I have to go blind - at least for now. And based on the information I gathered, I would go with the T+A DAC 200, if these were the only 2 DACs. For me the reasons are completely different. The primary being that the T+A can do DSD, while the Weiss cannot. I don't want to go into the discussion of PCM Vs DSD because that is not relevant here. But all my FLAC files are converted to 512 DSD before playback through the current DAC. Hence the T+A. TBH, I would be content even with the older T+A DAC 8 DSD, which is not made anymore. But they are hard to come by on used market since they are coveted for their DSD playback.

Interesting.  I also looked at the T+A DH200 DAC.  The retailer wanted $7,125 + $600 for HDMI connection + 9.5% CA sales tax.  The Benchmark DAC is $2,399 and I like that the Benchmark DAC HAS 4 Sabre 9028PRO DAC’s, 2 per channel.  The signal is summed to reduce the noise and jitter.  This is Impressive technology and I am anxiously waiting for my DAC to arrive.

For my 2-channel home theatre application, the Benchmark DAC3 HGC DAC is a better deal.