Huge, holographic 3-D sound stage, lifelike, dynamic and engaging sound with truly wide-band bass and treble extension, digititis-free without any "softness", instead an in-your-face "You Are There" kind of realism, with in absolute terms (not compared to other DACs of the same era, but e.g. the owner's opera singer wife who was not only present in recording, but also in person) a slightly "ghostly" lack of density or palpability and barely noticeable grain (at realistic playback levels, near-impossible to hear any grain at more moderate levels) on the one hand, a flat (dynamically as well as in terms of soundstage height or size), clinical, lifeless, downright boring if not depressing presentation on the other hand. This was the first of a whole series of DAC comparisons I wrote about in parts on these forums at one point, in the course of which the Weiss owner relegated the DAC202 to his holiday cottage.
Greetings from Switzerland, David.