Weiss & Wattson in Stereophile's Class A+, 2026

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Happy to share that two products we carry at Unbox Audio - the Wattson Audio Madison Streamer-DAC and the Weiss DAC204 have been placed in Class A+ in the Stereophile Recommended Components 2026 list – an honour reserved for the very best in high-end audio.

Herb Reichert concluded the Wattson delivered a level of vibrancy and clarity he had not previously encountered for under five figures. The Weiss DAC204 also appears in the Class A+ section, with JA’s lab work confirming a jitter-free analogue signal, 21-bit resolution and vanishingly low noise distortion.

Links:

Recommended Components 2026 Edition Digital Processors | Stereophile.com

Digital Processors: A+:

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Individual Reviews

Wattson Audio Madison LE D/A processor | Stereophile.com

After it was delivered, I weighed the box containing Wattson Audio's DAC-equipped Madison LE Streamer on my bathroom scale. It was hardly bigger than a shoebox. It weighed 8.3lb. When I opened the main box, I found two smaller boxes. The little brown one contained a fist-sized power supply in a...

www.stereophile.com

Weiss DAC204 D/A processor | Stereophile.com

Weiss Engineering D/A processors are widely known for their high quality, in both home-audio and pro-audio circles. Over several Stereophile reviews, they have always measured well. Oh, and did you know they'd won a Grammy Award? Weiss Engineering founder and chief designer Daniel Weiss won the...

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