Weiss Minerva Dac


Hi,

I wanted to know if anyone over here has got the Minerva dac from Weiss. What is the sound like? also can one up-sample to 192KHz and stream it to the DAC?

Best Regards,

Satyam Bachani.
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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.
Hi Satyam,
Long time no speak! How are you doing?
Good to read your feedback on the Weiss Medea DAC & good to read that you like the sonics from it.
I believe that MBJ also received his Medea (you guys probably got it from the same source in Delhi??) but I believe that he has not yet installed his?

Best Regards
Bombaywalla
The DAC is 'Minerva' & not the Medea !

The Medea is an older DAC & is much much more exp.
This is a 'new' DAC & it is relatively 'cheap'

The greatest usp of it is that it can connect to the Mother board of a Computer / Music Server with a Firewire - 13944 - 6 pin cable.

No Sound Card is required.

HDD - CPu - RAM - Firewire Port - Minerva

http://www.weiss-highend.ch/minerva/index.html

This is the product.

Basically in the HRX - Ref Rec CD [DVD] it is 'miles' ahead of anything I have heard.
dCS / Teac Esoteric / EMM etc. etc.
There is just no comparison.

However, I still need to listen to this DAC [with a computer as a transport] against 'respectable' CD Players in my set up, before I pass any judgement.
That will happen after 1 month.
Shall post again.

schwinnaudio

13.01.2009.

Mumbai - India