WEISS DAC 204 vs Denafrips Ares 12th vs Lampizator Baltic 4

WEISS DAC 204 vs Denafrips Ares 12th vs Lampizator Baltic 4

A few months ago, I stumbled upon Steve Huff's review of a small Weiss 204 DAC that he enjoyed. He said it's one of his favorite DACs, especially at its price range, since it creates big, bold holographic sound with a broad and deep soundstage and very natural sound.

When I saw the review, I knew I needed to test this DAC. So, long story short, when I found out that a local hi-fi store, Koris, has this DAC, I knew I needed to borrow it. After a couple of days, what can I say? The sound is fantastic. It's big, bold, dynamic, engaging, and has excellent soundstage and holography.

In this video, I compare the Weiss DAC 204 to Denafrips Ares 12-th and Lampizator Baltic 4.

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[ianpdavis]

Weiss 204 is definitely a punchy performer. I think the Baltic 4 still has the edge with a wider soundstage but there isn't a lot in it. Denafrips sounds just a little bit soft in comparison to the other two though.

[kineahora]

This is very funny—I can barely tell the difference —but if I had to rate them I rate:
1) WEISS
2) Denafrips
3) Lampi

Considering the prices, I would obviously get the Denafrips and put the extra money into getting those Qualios!

[DagReinbott_TerraSound]

Thanks for the comparison! The WEISS sounds as if you were in the studio while the song being recorded. Love it!

[VirusForPrez]

The Weiss is dancing all around the other 2 dacs, ...

[neilbrown-onrm]

I bought the Weiss 204
Sounds better to me than my holo may
11:22

[johngian]

Denafrips Ares 12th...!!!!
900$ US against the Lampizator baltic 4 and Weiss
Tomorrow i'll buy it...

[User_not_found_]

Ares 3rd place...I think Weiss sounded best to me, but traded places with Lamp in certain sounds. For last track, not sure if it is difference in the part of the song, but Weiss sounded more correct while the Lamp sounded twangy or off key.

[vvmaster]

When will you conpare the Gustard R26 to these monsters (weiss and Lampizator)?

[RayBeck-es]

Lampi, Weiss has good bass but the Lampiztor is more natural and best musical flow

[Alexander-jcec]

WOWW WEISS! And this is with the stock wall wart power supply?

[JingoLoBa]

Very hard to tell here even with good headphones
Baltic more bloom Weiss more definition Denafrips more digital shallow.

[barrybrennan]

Via this video at least, I wouldn't bet on any blindtesting! Maybe different IRL.

[dennis]

Perfect. The Baltic 4 absolutely wins and is on my list now but will the TA dac 200 and Meitner MA3 and Mola Mola Tambaqui best it 🤔

[kobiljaglava]

Weiss outsmoked both and it's a entry level from this brand. Try Lavry QUINTESSENCE :)

[ah]

I will buy the Weiss if it came in a full size chassis and quality LPS transformer considering the latest price increase.

[xeniavader]

this is a great video, thanks for doing it. like so many DACs I've owned over the years, the differences are pretty small. I have a very expensive system using a Topping d90 DAC and it's great. AB testing VS my Lampizator GA is VERY close.... Comparted to the DAVE.... very very close again... IDK, I want DACs to be magical, but I'm not sure they are past a certain price point. Don't get me wrong, there is a difference, but not worth the cost of going ultra high end.

[rhphotocdn]

That Weiss DAC is awesome, but $5000 CDN, ouch!

[okumiclubrt]

I like Weiss sound the most. BTW, Ares II for $1, 000; Weiss for $3, 500; Baltic 4 for $ 6, 800. Ares II make good sound for the price.

[streetcarver]

The weiss sound is very similar to my original Mytek brooklyn thank you!