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    MEASUREMENTS

    Jul 07, 2020 4 minutes
    –John Atkinson

    he Weiss DAC202, which Erick Lichte reviewed in January 2012, was one of the highest-resolution digital processors I have measured, so I was intrigued to see if the DAC502 would match its predecessor’s performance. As I had done with the DAC202, I measured the Weiss DAC502 with my Audio Precision SYS2722 system (see the January 2008 “As We See It”). Apple’s USB Prober utility identified the DAC502 as “DAC501” from “Weiss_Engineering_ Ltd.” with the serial number string “0.0.1.” The USB port operated in the optimal isochronous asynchronous mode, and Apple’s AudioMIDI utility revealed that the DAC502

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