@traubr you won’t regret upgrading to the latest “i” version. It’s a great DAC.
I’m right there with you on being able to revert to ether a streamer in the Meitner or the N200. My approach is - do I miss the sound one of them offers to want to switch back? I actually prefer the airier and more alive presentation produced by the MA3i alone. My N200 has been off for a few days now as an experiment. I feel I compared apples to apples using audience hidden treasure ethernet cable to both and audience studio one USB from N200 into Meitner. Keeping the audience house sound and level of cabling the same. When I auditioned the MA3 I preferred the N200.
The upgraded streamer in the MA3i bridged the gap.
Wireworld Platinum Starlight® 10 Twinax and AQ Diamond
Interested in hearing thoughts from those who compared these ethernet cables or have experience with either of these cables . Sonic character, tone, dynamics, imaging…all good stuff that matters that you observed when adding these cables.
NOT interested in hearing from those who don’t think cables matter. This is not that forum. Let’s be civil and stay on topic.
Current setup:
Configuration 1: eero mesh network node -> Purist Audio CAT 7 -> Meitner MA3i
Configuration 2: eero mesh network node -> Purist Audio CAT 7 -> Aurender N200 -> Audience Studio One USB -> Meitner MA3i
Sources: Qobuz, Tidal, local music library, Roon or Aurender Conductor native Aurender processing
Looking to upgrade ethernet cable. Not a tweaker - don’t need switches, regens, fiber optic isolation, etc.
TIA!
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@audphile1 @ghdprentice , May I ask a side question please ? This is regarding Ethernet cables. Are the sound characteristics similar in your systems that you experienced with Ethernet cables the same as the similar brand USB cable ? I’ve played with USB and I’m getting ready to add a noise suppression devise and upgrade my Ethernet cable. Thanks , Mike B. |
Are you asking if the sonic characteristics are shared across, say interconnects, usb and power cords of the same brand and tier? I have noticed that the same brand and tier of speaker wire, interconnect and power cord has the same sonic effect. Most of my USB experimentation was not in parallel with my other comparisons. I think USB would be the same. But I don't have enough experience to confirm that. |
@buellrider97 yes. I think Audience Ethernet and USB are cut from the same sonic cloth. Even the coax resulted in the same improvement. |
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