Interview: Daniel Weiss

Daniel Weiss is one of the worlds foremost authorities on digital sound and his products have had great success both in pro audio and among audiophiles around the world. In February he visited Stockholm and the high-end fair to present his latest creation MAN202, a combined DAC, network streamer, CD player and ripping station. After closing time on the first day I got a chance to talk to him over a few beers. This interview is quite technical at times, but key phrases have been... Read More

Digital domestic decisions

I have been running a Windows-based, self-assembled computer as our home server for the last few years. It’s served us very well; The thick chassis walls, rubber-suspended hard drives and passive CPU cooling made it almost entirely silent. The dedicated RAID card kept my 4x500GB Samsung drives in order and provided both adequate speed and a basic level of security for our precious music archive (ripped from our own records, mind you). It ran Squeezebox Server for music... Read More