Weiss Minerva Dac

Correction -- it was the Medea I heard, not the Minerva. Both DACs were fed by a Slim Devices Transporter via SPDIF. An external word clock was in use with the Transporter. Goldmund monoblock amplifiers diving modified large Tonian loudspeakers.

Satyam,

I am pretty sure I had the Minerva driven by iTunes at 192 kHz. I can try again tomorrow and see the highest frequency at which the Minerva locks. This was with a Macbook Pro.

Hi guys,
I too am considering the Weiss Minerva dac.
But I am also considering the Wavelength Crimson, with the new ESS Sabre DAC chip inside.Yes this is a tube based dac and may not quite be the comparison.
Any thoughts on the Wavelength Crimson to the Weiss Minerva?
Thank you.

Hello Guys,

I am the US Distributor of Weiss products. You can contact me at:

Mike Slaminski
Precision Audio & Video
12277 Arbor Hill St.
Moorpark, CA 93021
Tel: 805-523-3005
Fax: 805-531-0004
mike@precisionav.com

Minervas are currently available and in production. Shipping should take only several weeks at the most.

Best wishes to everybody,

Mike

Hello,

I finally got the DAC since a week, Ive got about 50+ Hours on it.

Off the bat the difference between my AA Prestige are;
a) I can now UP SAMPLE all my music to 192KHz which in principle is not possible on my AA via COAX.

b) To my ears its darker than the AA, its tone is neutral. The AA's tone is beautiful but perhaps veiled in comparison for a lack of better term.

c) SPEED! the ability to resolve a note/passage is way better than the AA, on complex recordings or on rock music the AA can sound a little confused sometimes well the WEISS just does it well!

d) Lastly the TEST disc that I got with the DAC a HRx Reference Recordings DVD SAMPLED @176KHz according to me takes DIGITAL to another level *Again I've not heard everything in the world of 2-ch* but this is SERIOUS and unfortunately I cant think of another *STANDARD NON-USB* DAC or maybe even USB Dacs which dont lock @ 176KHz would realize what this has in store! for digital.

A Wonderful DAC I would HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking to foray into Computer Audio. Would love to hear the Berkly Audio Design too.

A Couple of Pics below.

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Best Regards,

Satyam Bachani.