Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2019/07/08

The company says that the DSP501 and DSP502 units are a new kind of audio equipment and names them the “DSP50x" unit. Each DSP50x unit has the same features as its D/A converter counterpart, the DAC501 or DAC502, but offers only a digital output instead of an analog one. This allows to connect a separate D/A converter to the DSP50x or to use it to feed active loudspeakers with digital inputs.
More and more high-end loudspeaker models are active, i.e. have built-in amplifiers and some of them even sport digital inputs to keep the number of A/D and D/A conversions in the signal chain at a minimum, the company says. For such a loudspeaker the DSP50x is the ideal front-end. It is Roon Ready and thus supports playback directly from a NAS or via Internet streaming (Tidal, Qobuz, internet radio) or from a computer. Standard USB, S/PDIF and AES/EBU inputs are there as well. The DSP50x plus an active loudspeaker makes for a minimalist system with a great sound and all the features needed.
Both units offer some of the Weiss' Digital Signal Processing (DSP) features, including a room equalizer to get rid of room modes, a creative equalizer (tone control), a Vinyl emulator for that nice vintage sound, an algorithm to keep the playback volume at a constant level for night time listening and a crosstalk canceling program for a new live-like listening experience. More algorithms are in development, including some exclusively for headphone based playback, the company says.
Speaking of headphones - the DSP50x sports two outputs with two separate DSP signal chains. This allows to select output 1 for loudspeaker-based playback and switch over to output 2 for headphone-based playback with the two outputs using different DSP algorithms.
Note that the two models (DSP501 and DSP502) have no other differences except that the DSP502 features a full-width chassis.

For more information: https://www.weiss.ch/

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