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I always said that regular audio-freaks, who mostly unprovoked bend themselves in demonstration of the excessive and stupid devotion to audio manufactures, are the worst case. Ironically that “devotion” is not what the manufactures demand but the obsequious and almost sycophantic loyalty is all that lives in the empty heads of audio simpletons, the simpletons who, if they like something then they feel strong need to build a “Church of Admiration”….

I had a guy I knew Seattle who recently bought a Weiss DAC1 possessor in Europe. Since he did not need to right the way we decided to ship the unit to me and let me to listen it. It was very interesting as I have similar-class Larry DA-924 DAC and I do not have experience to have them bother running full 24/96. This Seattle  guy was very interested in the result (so did I), as well as number of other people who use ether Weiss or Larry and who were very exciting to learn about the results of the shoot out between those two high class pro DACs.

When the Weiss was shipped (***) my Seattle guy informed me that after I listening the DAC he does not what me to mention it on my site. The quote in the post above “I relay like Daniel Weiss and if you think the unit is unspeakable garbage I prefer you don't put that on your website” was actually his quote. This “arrangement” is kind of made me very uncomfortable. I do not particularly care if I post my audio finding on my site but I do not rally like when someone impose conditions for me dictating what I shell say or not say… in audio. Come on, get some freaking perspective: the guy bought used DAC on second hand market and he wants me to listen it, pass my observation to him but do not tell to anyone else. How stupid is it!!! If Daniel Weiss himself send me the DAC he would never asked me to shut up about my opinion about his DAC, but a little audio freak who bought the thing on second hand market feels that he what whatever reasons shell  “keep publicity vigilant”!

Sorry, it is not the game that play or willing to play. I informed the Seattle guy that until he remove any pre-conditions for me listening the DAC I will refuse listening it. The DAC is sitting in it’s box for a week in my home and I never even took it out of it box. I will be sending the DAC back to Seattle with a wish to the DAC’s owner to go fuck himself. The sad part is that in all this saga the Weiss DAC lost opportunity to demonstrate what it is capable of. The only subject that heart was Truth about the actual sonic performance of the audio component and it is very unfortunate that the Truth became a hostage of totally empty audio agenda and very stupid brownnosing fear.

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