About the 501
The Weiss DAC501 is a discontinued half-width high-end HiFi DAC, streamer, headphone amp, and DSP unit featuring advanced digital processing algorithms like Room EQ, Creative EQ, De-Essing, and Crossfeed. It uses dual 32-bit oversampling multi-bit sigma-delta DAC chips (ESS Sabre in MK2) per channel, supports PCM up to 384kHz and DSD64/128, and is Roon Ready with UPnP/DLNA. Known for pristine studio-quality sound, low jitter via 195kHz internal clock, linear power supply with dual toroidal transformers, and discrete analog output stages. It includes a touchscreen, IR remote, and versatile connectivity. The MK2 version offered improvements but the original DAC501 is no longer manufactured, replaced by DAC501 MK2.
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