Weiss DAC 204 hiccups

What sort of hiccups are you experiencing? I have a Weiss 204 and am using a Bluesound Node as the streamer and also had some issues for a while (some random noise issues that were very intermittent for instance). I tried a number of different troubleshooting options, including swapping out another 204 from the dealer. What finally solved my issue, after several different ways of connecting to the Weiss was adding an iFi USB ground defender with one of their power supplies. This may have been very system dependent, but eliminating the 5v USB power from the Bluesound and addling it back with a much cleaner PS fixed the issue that took me some months to figure out.

I even had my own “hiccup” issues via an AQ SPDIF (coax) cable. I never truly understood the root cause, but glad that the cleaner USB power resolved the issue.

My issues were very intermittent (more so than what you describe). I could have no issues one day and then several the next. It was very frustrating. I had no issues either with a Bluesound and a much less expensive Cambridge DAC. My issues started when I got the Weiss. I did reach out to Weiss and they got back to me suggesting a firmware upgrade, but that required sending the unit back to them, which I thought was ridiculous. I tried different cables, different types of cables (usb, coax) and a different Weiss and Bluesound.

Like I mentioned, I did fix my issue using the iFi device to essentially “break” the USB, cutting the 5v coming from the Bluesound and replacing it with a much cleaner source of 5v power.

I don’t mind troubleshooting things, but this was sort of ridiculous. Had it not been for truly liking how the Weiss sounds in my system, I definitely would have gotten rid of it. Fortunately now it has works fine and I have since added a ModWright PS as well.