瑞士 Weiss Club 俱樂部 (Medus, Medea+、MAN301、DAC501、DAC502、INT203、ATT202...)

[Leo Yeh]

[Leo Yeh]

http://designwsound.com/dwsblog/2012...-weiss-man301/

[音悅侯姐]

終於又有一位客戶同意大方地讓我們拍照了.這回家訪外拍的是天母的W先生,他有專屬試聽間,主系統相當可觀.W先生有三對喇吧:平時使用的是Wilson Audio Sasha,聽人聲與小編制時使用Sonus Faber Amati,另外還有一對Sonus Faber瓜奈里書架喇叭放在客廳.W先生選用Weiss MAN301的原因是,之前接觸過CAS玩法,但總讓他覺得太像在玩電腦,而非玩音響.此前選用過的一些音樂伺服器器材,價格不低,但聲音卻食之無味,而在試聽過Weiss MAN301後,讓他覺得終於找到數位訊源的落腳之處了.


Weiss MAN301果真十分簡潔,音響架下方的Burmester 948電源處理器,是一台非常優秀的機器,但嚴格說來體積並不龐大,沒想到MAN301跟它比起來,竟顯得如此簡約樸實阿!


給Wilson Audio Sasha來一張特寫.Sasha是一對三頻均衡,動態幅度廣,中性且細節呈現能力相當好的喇叭,搭上Weiss MAN301宛若天作之合.據我們了解,香港有許多高階玩家,也都是用Weiss來搭配Wilson Audio喔.


宛若藝術品的Sonus Faber,不愧是Amati,如果近距離觀賞,確實就像在鑑賞一把漆工優異的千萬名琴一般.


原先W先生使用的唱盤dcs Puccini與U Clock.下方的是W先生所使用的前級擴大機,Ayre的KX-R前級.


國內比較少見的darTZeel NHB-108 model one後級.NHB的意思就是Never Heard Before.這是一台外型精美,聲音又細膩的後級.這也代表了W先生獨道的調音偏好.


給Weiss MAN301與Wilson Audio Sasha合照一張.這時更顯出MAN301的輕盈.如此輕盈的身段而發出這樣驚人的聲音,不正是Weiss的特色嘛!


W先生數量驚人的CD收藏.無怪乎他會想找一台真正好聲,且可以將CD資訊完整無誤地rip成檔案的器材.Weis MAN301真是相當適合他.

[Leo Yeh]

WEISS DSD Support

[Leo Yeh]

Weiss DSD playback will provide you SACD/DSD Master quality. Why? Because it is the same design on SACD/DSD production

[Leo Yeh]

Weiss Munich High End Show 2013

admin May 22, 2013 Weiss Engineering Weiss has two exhibition rooms in this year Munich High End show. Weiss German distributor WOD has a big room with new and huge rossofiorentino loudspeakers, bergmann records player (I like it – analogue source) and MAN301 (digital source). There is another small room called “Swiss team” room, which has Weiss MAN301 & Klangwerk Ella one complete sound system. We are happy that more people liking this simple, elegance and extremely transparent system. Music files are all stored under Certon Integrita Audiophile NAS. Swiss coffee, chocolate and wine were provided. During this high end show, Weiss engineering has launched various new DSD related options & products.
NEW DAC202, Medea+ can upgrade with a brand new “Weiss DoP USB” input board and playback DSD files thru USB DoP 1.0 supported computer/software. DAC202DSD and Medea+DSD version will be shipped in June 2013. As usual, good news for all existing Weiss users, all units can be upgraded the “Weiss DoP USB” hardware DSP input card.

DSD technology from Weiss perspective.

Although Weiss is not the first company to release DSD related product in hifi market (some even think this Weiss DSD is an April fool joke), but Weiss roots under DSD/SACD professional audio productions for over a decade with the BEST offline sampling conversion tools – SaRaCon =Sampling Rate Converter. “Saracon is not only the world’s best audio sample rate converter. It’s also a great all-round utility tool!” – Bob Katz, Digital Domain, USA
”Now That I’ve used it on everything I do, it is the only re-sampler I can listen to.” George Massenburg
“Again, many thanks for this great conversion software. We love it! And it is a big help for the SA-CD format.” Gus Skinas, Super Audio Center LLC, USA
Here in Hong Kong, all of my productions are generated by SaRaCon. HKFA 香港電影金像獎 Sound Design award winner Kinson Tsang (movies like Internal Affairs, Cold War), and music director Chris Babida are Weiss SRC users too. You can expect Weiss DSD playback sound exactly as SACD DSD masters. Why? They are based on the same design. With the help of USA Super Audio Center Gus Skinas for DSD files metadata and album artwork (who wants their DSDIFF file looks ugly and empty without artwork?), MAN301 is now built in DSD file playback FREE OF CHARGE to current MAN301 customers. A simple online update will be provided for all registered MAN301 owner in a new future. The offline professional SaRaCon software with DSD capability alone costs HKD$16,800. MAN301 software version 1.1 has already added the huge Gracenote metadata/artwork database supporting function. Your album artwork will never look such beautiful. Digital audio world has been pushed to change so quickly. From 96kHz, 192kHz, DXD to today latest DSD256, next year maybe 768kHz PCM recording. On one hand, we disagree this is a true quality improvement, high end audio is not an iphone. On the other hand, Weiss MAN combines software computer based super DSP, customized OS, dedicated hardware digital audio board, linear power supply, internal master clock and extremely high quality D/A converter in swiss quality.
MAN301 combo will not be easily outdated. If audiophiles are looking forward to have long term usability, then computer based DSP platform becomes the most obviously choice. MAN301 simplifies this idea with full iPad wireless tablet graphic controlled interface, and get rid of the Windows/Mac OS limitations.
NEW - Weiss INT series is the most famous bridge between normal D to A converter and computer audio. INT204 is Weiss first USB interface with built in hardware DSP. It is the same Weiss DoP USB input board, plus dedicated AES/EBU, SPDIF digital input/outputs. INT204 provides top notch DSD source playback from computer for all normal DACs in the market. An optional Weiss analogue power supply will be produced for INT204 (also for multiply products) in the near future. NEW - Weiss Medus D/A converter is an extension from flagship Medea+. (In Greek, Medus is one of Medea’s son). Both Medus and Medea+ carries the same 32bit DAC and 8pc Weiss SOTA OP1-BP gain modules. These 8pc gain modules work in fully balanced tolology for I/V conversion and output stage. The technical aspect of these gain modules can be view from this PDF. OP1-BP is arguable the best amplifier module in today market. Medus has improved power supply, front LCD display for incoming digital data rates, DSD source from computer USB connections and mastering grade digital volume control via swiss made metal enclosure remote. The look for Medus matches perfectly with flagship Jason CD Transport. Medus user can work without a preamp and drives directly to power amplifier or active loudspeakers. Medus remote can even set the 32dB/1dB steps analogue output voltage trim on the OP1-BP board.
You also can spot the new Weiss logo identity. All of these new products and upgrade option will be started shipping from June. Please book and reserve your unit today. If you look in today hifi industry, you will not easily find another manufacturer, which provides such complete upgrade features for existing customer. Want to hear a Weiss DSD master sample file? Try here.

[Ted Chen]

Weiss MAN301 Software Update

The version 1.1.1 of the MAN301 software has just been released. It is a big step forward in terms of features and enhancements, including:

support of the Gracenote database, the professionally maintained metadata and cover art database
DSD64 and DSD128 file playback and metadata editing
substantial speed enhancement for library views and searches
possibility to find and correct all those tracks which do not have the metadata set properly, e.g. lacking artist name, album name, track names
automatic artwork fetching in selectable artwork sources
various fixes and enhancements

The 1.1.1 is the most powerful and comprehensive MAN301 release yet!

We strongly recommend to update your MAN301 unit(s) with this new release (Preferences menu). The Weiss MAN app on the iPad has to be updated as well (only if you update from version 1.0.9 or earlier). And also download the latest MAN301 manual from our website (Version 1.1.1).

1.When update is available, the top right corner Preference button shows an orange “bling bling”
2.Click on Preference button, you will be asked to enter the admin password = “wh10admin”

3 Once update is started, first procedure is to “Downloading OS update image….”

4 Then “Unpacking OS update…”

5 Finally “Rebooting OS…” A windows will pop up “Connection closed – Server closed connection” This is normal because the MAN301 hardware unit is rebooted.

6 Click on Preference and double check the software version is V1.1.1

7 You will find many DSDIFF or DSF files have no metadata. It appears to MAN301 <No Artist> <No Album> tab. MAN301 works as DSD files metadata / album artwork editor. After you enter the metadata, you can also use MAN301 Gracenote CDDB database for fantastic album artwork.

8 DSD files have exactly the same workflow under MAN301

9 Opus3 Analogue transfer DSD128 sounds very nice

10) Opus3 DSD Showcase 2 from (www.dsdfile.com) is a must buy album too.

11) After using MAN301, my own Audiophile Jazz Prologue free DSD samples carry metadata and artwork. Bravo!

[benben]

好不容易等到新的software update，終於可解DSD，訂的Certon integrita NAS也到了，
但我買不到兩週的MAN301卻在進場維修......

[Leo Yeh]

...................................發生什麼代誌!!!!

[benben]

拿到的第一天，就興沖沖的趕緊進行設定，聽了一會兒，機器就當機，重設...過了一陣子...又當，
想說也許網路週邊設備有問題，就決定收工睡覺

隔天，重新採買網路設備，線也找了CAT 7的線，基地台也另外買了一台Apple AirPort Extreme與Time Capsule，
經過一番設定，終於搞定，很開心的開始RIP CD，聽音樂......晚上沒關機

隔天早上...又當了...重開...嗯！沒問題...

使用過程又當了幾次，最後一次，聽的過程中就當了，重開重設都沒用，可以RIP CD但沒辦法播放...
看了User preferences，竟然顯示no device，打電話給代理商，代理商也很快的幫我反應給原廠，
隔天原廠表示是裡面的一條排線鬆脫了，只要打開機蓋，把它插回去即可...，並表示會寄改良品過來...
問了代理商是不是我自己開機殼把它插回去就好，代理商表示ok，
當我趕緊準備機絲，拿出英制的6角起子，準備開機殼，前面幾顆都沒問題，
當要拆最後一面的三顆螺絲，竟然全部滑牙......跟代理商聯絡，代理商表示會跟原廠要螺絲......
星期五晚上開車送回去，到現在還沒有確定何時可修好，要等原廠螺絲與排線，一台30多萬的器材......唉......