Article: Meitner Audio MA3 Integrated D/A Converter Review

[bbosler]

wow, how timely !

 

I got my MA3 earlier this week and absolutely love it... but then you sit and wonder if this is so good should I upgrade to a DV2? An extra  $20K is a big leap when you have no ability to audition. So after this review  I'm sticking with the MA3, at least for now.. maybe wait for somebody to dump a used DV2.

 

with my last DAC I was preferring Roon with HQP up sampling  and Mitch convolution filters inside HQP  into the DAC via the USB port. Now leaning toward no HQP, using the Mitch filters in Roon and using Ethernet

 

 

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15 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

With Meitner and EMM DACs, I've found the same thing. I prefer sending audio to them natively

 

currently experimenting with and without filters... initial results , very initial, are I prefer without filters. That led me to try the Mconnect iPad app that Meitner recommends, using it with Qobuz  and Tidal instead of Roon. Can't say it is better but the same, and since I am fed up with the quirky issues I experience with Roon as well as paying for the frustration, may be finally dropping Roon. AND you don't need a server as it streams direct from the internet. It also found my NAS 

 

I used the Roon radio (auto-play) feature a lot as a way to discover new music but for me it keeps going  into a cycle of repeating songs it just played an hour ago. Roon says they are aware and working on it, but I see complaints on their forums going back over 5 years for the same issue so I am giving up on them. Using the Mconnect app you can use the Tidal and Qobuz auto-play feature which tend to repeat the same artists, but not the same songs.

 

I have hesitated because I will need to rebuild my Roon playlists .. oh well..

 

 

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On 3/4/2022 at 2:52 PM, Elberoth said:

The MA3 was waaaay brighter and less warm sounding then DV2, sounding more like dCS gear than MSB

I don’t have a DV2 to compare, but bright is not a word that comes to mind when I’m  listening to the MA3