If you own MAN301 with Weiss MEDUS or MEDEA+, this news is not much related. You already have our flagship system. 2014 is Weiss Engineering 30th Anniversary, and we plan to have a very special product – The Golden MAN Network Player.

Here are some of the key features:

• Weiss 30th Anniversary Limited Edition. Manufactured in 2014 exclusively.
• Gold chrome chassis, the most luxury finish in Weiss history.
• Premium Golden DAC module. This is based on Weiss own flagship discrete single ended output Operation Amplifier (OP-Amp) design. It uses a discrete, balanced output OP-Amp design which performs at a stellar level.

The current MAN301DAC model sports a high quality D/A Converter section which is based on our renowned DAC202 D/A Converter unit. John Atkinson wrote in Stereophile about it: «The Weiss DAC202 is the best-measuring D/A processor I have measured in my quarter-century career at Stereophile. It just doesn`t get any better than this».

Hard to beat, you would think, but we did it.

Anyone who has compared MAN301DAC with flagships MEDEA+/MEDUS notice the advantages on Weiss discrete OP1-BP. Yes, since MEDUS is twice the price of the MAN301DAC, and it is just a DAC with no file/cd playback, ripping, Gracenote metadata and iPad control etc.

We have modified this modular single ended OP-Amp design and transformed to a new balanced discrete output stages for Golden MAN. This “Golden DAC module” will be few levels ahead of original MAN301DAC. Anyone heard MEDEA+/MEDUS understands what this means.

MAN301Server and MAN301DAC units can be easily upgraded with Golden DAC module. The upgrade prices will be better value than any external DAC in far more expansive. Of course there are also huge list of feature sets from MAN301 software platform. For example, if you have not noticed, the MAN301 now supports DXD (352.8kHz and 384kHz sampling rate.) file playback.

This software platform will be continuous to develop with more features, higher playback audio quality. The upgradable modular design, and Golden DAC module puts it in an unique market position.

For 30th Anniversary Golden MAN, I think myself, and all my partners would like to keep one for ourselves. Pre-order now, it is expected to be shipped in June. And it will only be manufactured in 2014 exclusively.

由現在開始，MAN301總共有4個型號。

1) MAN301S – Server: 一直在賣沒有DAC模擬輸出的版本
2) MAN301DAC: 一直在賣的DAC的版本

新版本:
3) Golden MAN – 三十週年限量黃金版
(廠方只生產至2014年12月31日) 雖然我希望長一點時間。六月尾至年底只有半年。
內部全新 Golden DAC解碼輸出, 黃金gold plated外箱code name “MAN301DAC-A”. A = Au = Gold

4) MAN301DAC-B: 普通版外型MAN301內置全新Golden DAC解碼輸出
現賣的1) & 2) 很容易加入或更換Golden DAC Module成為 4) MAN301DAC-B
現賣的1) & 2) 我們沒有升級至 3) Golden MAN的廠方計劃。

有關 “黃金解碼模組 Golden DAC Module”
你們也許也知道Weiss旗艦 MEDUS/MEDEA+ 內部使用的 “OP1-BP”
OP1-BP是Op-amp，所以只可以Single-Ended 單端輸出。全平全平