Weiss Dac2/Minerva?

Thanks for sharing your impressions of the Minerva!

Yes, Ofcourse Uncompressed ! Infact for the A/B the Same CDs that were played on the Electrocompaniet were ripped to AIFF.

Yes, Firewire. That is wht I used the iMac.

The Firewire cable was nothing esoteric...

The Same Argento Master Ref Balance Cables were moved from the CD plater to the Minerva, in the comparision.

I was keen to buy the Minerva since it (pre-owned) was offered to me 50% off. After the listen, I did not... :-(

nothing wrong with that the EC1 dac is very good ..

Incidentally, I was using the EC-1 Upsampling CD player not the Stand alone DAC by Electrocompaniet...

I am told that the DAC is the same as used in the CD player ( and attractively priced, though without a USB input.)

I have not heard the EC DAC.

A friend who also has the EC-1 Upsampling CD player and has heard the DAC with an Oppo used as a transport, tells me that the EC-1 Upsampling CD player sounded significantly superior....

Just my 2 cents

In order to much improve the sound of a Weiss DAC2 when used with a CD transport,i advise to use a transport having a word clock sync input,and to connect it to a master clock having a very low jitter spec,f e less than 5 ps,...the DAC2 automatically clocks to its input signal.
If quoted on 20,the sound quality level may improve from 15 to 17-18.5 depending on the cables used.
I suggest apogee cable for the clock to word input,and AES interconnect made with silver wires of 0.3 mm dia,tressed like kimber cables,much more transparent than any 120 ohm AES standard one.