Hello Gents,
Hope you don't mind a Limey adding a little spice to the Proceedings.
Having heard the Meitner combo on 3 seperate occations, in 3 pretty fair systems (One of them possibly Macallan 25's!!!)
And owning one or two Wadia pieces myself, I feel that both pieces of digital reproductive hardware, do a rather special job of managing to communicate that 'magic of the preformance' to the individual. Each in their own way, noneless valid, and purely down to presonal preference.
I find the wadia's give more of a feeling of 'Being there & solidity' where as the Metiner expansive presenation & detailed openiness gave an impressive mix.
Though we did find the use of an AES cable between the Philips & the DCC2 to give a more natural presenation that just the AT&T's (Surprising but true)
Both sets of beasts need quality gear surrounding them to extract the most from there presonalities.
If you liked the Elrod Sig, then try the UKhan Statement II, nice dynamics/speed, detail and weight, with rather good mid band projection
Being a musician (Drummer, is that some one who hangs around with musicians???) I personally find the Wadia, more akin to my musical preference and ability to convey my style of rightness to the music being sampled, this however doesn't make the Meitner any less of a digital warrior, just merely another slant in the land of Binary.
You pays your money & takes your choice.
Hope you don't mind a Limey adding a little spice to the Proceedings.
Having heard the Meitner combo on 3 seperate occations, in 3 pretty fair systems (One of them possibly Macallan 25's!!!)
And owning one or two Wadia pieces myself, I feel that both pieces of digital reproductive hardware, do a rather special job of managing to communicate that 'magic of the preformance' to the individual. Each in their own way, noneless valid, and purely down to presonal preference.
I find the wadia's give more of a feeling of 'Being there & solidity' where as the Metiner expansive presenation & detailed openiness gave an impressive mix.
Though we did find the use of an AES cable between the Philips & the DCC2 to give a more natural presenation that just the AT&T's (Surprising but true)
Both sets of beasts need quality gear surrounding them to extract the most from there presonalities.
If you liked the Elrod Sig, then try the UKhan Statement II, nice dynamics/speed, detail and weight, with rather good mid band projection
Being a musician (Drummer, is that some one who hangs around with musicians???) I personally find the Wadia, more akin to my musical preference and ability to convey my style of rightness to the music being sampled, this however doesn't make the Meitner any less of a digital warrior, just merely another slant in the land of Binary.
You pays your money & takes your choice.