Article: Meitner Audio MA3 Integrated D/A Converter Review

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I have an MA3 and am most surprised the ethernet receiver and processor are so well implemented I was able to sell my EMM NS1 streamer as I could not determine any difference in sound between Toslink (glass) and Net inputs.  Nothing fancy upstream either, ethernet straight in on cat5e from the household switch.

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9 hours ago, Kray said:

Thanks for the great review @The Computer Audiophile. I was considering folding my streamer/DAC/preamp into one unit and the MA3 came up in several threads. Well I just setup my newly acquired used unit, and blown away. One Ethernet cable and done using Roon. 
 

it replaced my:

Lumin U1 Mini with sbooster LPS

Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC

JCAT USB cable

Custom built Slagle autoformer preamp

 

i absolutely loved my Audio Mirror DAC (R2R NOS based on AD1865N-K) and tried lots of other dacs, but the MA3 finally beat it. 
 

one question I had. I use Roon exclusively but just tried Mconnect on iPad. It said there was a firmware update. Current was 3.9.19, what is the latest version? Why can you not find any details online about it? I’m hesitant to upgrade it as I’ve experienced a bricked product before updating firmware and since my MA3 is working fine didn’t want to risk it. 

 

I am using firmware 3.9.20 with a static IP address for the MA3.

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MA3 volume bypass vs 100 is just changing the default power up from 60 to 100.  I used an EMM NS1 and AES into the MA3.  Same sound as ethernet into the MA3.