Meitner MA3i DAC Review

@yyzsantabarbara if I understood correctly you are planning to plug a 1ft long Ethernet cable into Meitner. If that is correct it means your switch would be 1ft away from the DAC. May not be optimal from noise isolation standpoint. 

Let me know if you hear anything different from qobuz and tidal connect than you hear with roon. 

Are you saying a longer Ethernet cable is better to keep the switch further out?

This one is sort of a mixed bag. (review link)

@mitch2 Interesting review. One thing I can say subjectively is that the DSD SACD playback on this unit was the best I have ever heard. This includes the Benchmark DAC3B and the RME DAC with the GeerFAB unit I listed above. Along with the great Sony SCD-1 modded to Vacuum, State Level 5+ SACD player.

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I will be getting the following fibre to Ethernet convertor. I may have owned this long ago and it failed on me. Not sure if it was this one or another variant. 

https://sonore.us/opticalModule-Deluxe.html

I just ordered the following 30M fibre cable that is compatible with the SFP that I have.

Amazon.com: FLYPROFiber- 30M OM1 LC to LC Fiber Patch Cable, Length Options: 0.2m-100m, 1GB Duplex 62.5/125um Multimode Fiber Optic Cable Cord LSZH 30Meter(98ft) : Electronics

I sent an inquiry to Meitner asking about Ethernet cables, CAT5, 6, 7, 8.