Meitner MA3i DAC Review

Here is another option to convert from fibre to Ethernet. I used to own v1 of this thing but traded it for something.

EtherREGEN (original, "Gen1") – UpTone Audio

@charles007100 that’s the best outcome! Enjoy this excellent DAC!

@yyzsantabarbara hey have you tried DSD with Meitner? If so, how is it in comparison to D1? 

I have eero into trendnet 8 port unmanaged switch with wireworld starlight 10 twinax, then trendnet into Meitner with Audience Hidden Treasure Ethernet cable. 

Curious. I have 1Gbps internet, I have a TrueNAS server and I have 10Gig copper and single mode fiber (Juniper EX switch).

On my Tidal system when I start playback I have the entire track in about 1 to 1.5 seconds and then if I remove my cable the audio still plays.

At what point is the cable going to make a difference. 

My hand off from the modem to my Fortigate Firewall is copper, copper from the FW to Juniper, Single Mode Fiber from my TrueNAS server  to Juniper and my streamer is copper 1Gbe. 

I also have a desktop system with a Solar Flare 10Gbe NIC and get 600MB/s reads. That's also SMF.

All the transceivers are Juniper. SMF is FS.COM and they come with a validation report. 

Copper is Panduit CAT6 horizontal, keystones, patch.