Meitner MA3i DAC Review

I had a chance to listen to it paired with the Meitner PRE. OMG, it’s really a next level experience. I thought the realism was phenomenal with the MA3i but the PRE takes it and goes even deeper on every level.

Bottom line is my current preamp is limiting the full potential of the MA3i.

I wasn’t in a position to purchase it because I just upgraded the MA3 but if I had the money I would have.

@buzz,

You make some good points. I did try bypassing my preamp and went direct but I still preferred having my preamp in. While I know preamps should just be an attenuator, it just added a smidge of cohesiveness that wasn’t there when going direct. I actually like running the MA3i at 97 or 98 rather than 100. I have a Bryston BP17 cubed with a Bryston 4B3 amp. All Canadian stack. 😀