Okay, using qobuz/tidal direct with the unit produces some fine sounds and is quite the experience. Have to use this off the shelf crappy app called M connect. Makes the UI/UX on Aurender seem like a pinnacle of good design ;-( The unit is still awaiting its roon certification so I can’t use it as intended yet. I hooked up my old oppo-203 which can become a roon ready endpoint but I have to run toslink out and to the MA3. When doing so, it all sounds kinda flat and thin if I can beat describe it. It sounds like a piano, and is recognizable but it’s far far from the real thing. So I just queued up some fat playlists in quobuz and letting it rip and sure is sweet. The Brandenburg concertos are 300 years old this week so that’s sure been in heavy rotation!
new Meitner MA3 hit the rack today
Letting it warm up and run some playlists on repeat through it. Gonna give it a few hundred hours of break-in before the first critical session. Nice unit. Roon 1.8 picked it up, but didn’t let me configure as an output since the certification is delayed by a few weeks. Wasn’t really planning on switching the digital front end, as it’s more of a secondary source during the day, but I just couldn’t take the Aurender UI/UX anymore. “A far more intuitive interface, Roon is” said Yoda. The A10 sound was very livable long term but just got tired of that darn UI. Roon could stream to it, but only over airplay, so what’s the point there. Anyway, I’ll post up some thoughts when I get rolling with it for real.
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