One of our major events for the Japan trip is to visit the magazines “Audio Basic” and “PC Audio Fan”. Both magazines are under Japan major news company – Kyodo News. It is located at Shiodome Media Tower, Tokyo, Japan. Our good friend and reviewer Teruhisa Onda met us in the lobby and went for lunch on the 25th floor of the Park Hotel. The lunch was quiet and excellent. Then we went to the Audio Basic audio testing room on B1/F and met with Editor-in-Chief Minoru Kinjo. Mr Kinjo never listened to the Weiss, and Onda-san told us he has very high expectations for the new Weiss 202 Series.

We have done a full demonstration using the Weiss INT202 to connect an Audio Basic reference SACD player as a CAS DAC. Then we used the Weiss DAC202 as the DAC, followed by using the reference SACD player as the transport and the Weiss DAC202 as the DAC for normal CD playback. At the end, we use MacBook Pro + iTunes + Amara + Weiss DAC202 as the ultimate CAS playback for CDs and high-resolution files. Onda san and Kinjo san are both impressed with the setup and listened to some of the Mandarin songs. Kinjo-san agreed that Audio Basic will write a review for Weiss latest 202 series, including the INT202 and DAC202, in the coming issue (June). The next issue (August) will cover the ATT202, as we showed them its unique design. We’ll show you everything here soon.