Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?

@audphile1 

You said, " honestly I would skip it or send it for am upgrade shortly after receiving it. The new MA3i is on a different planet."

So, let me give you an analogy so you might understand what I'm talking about. You're raving about your new upgrade, the MA3i, and some dude drops in and says, "Honestly, I would skip it. The DV2i is on another planet. I wouldn't even bother with the MA3I." 

I did like your second response, however, and thank you for that. When I was posting on the Jazz Afficianados thread, people were not even supposed to say what their hardware was. Some of the people could not afford a system and listened on their phones or radios. It was only about the music. I slipped up once and mentioned how good the jazz sounded through my speakers and somebody schooled me. I just talked about jazz from then on.

I have a wife and family, so I must limit my stereo outlay. Obviously, I have a far more expensive system than a phone, but I'm careful not to make others feel bad or inferior. Anyway, from your second post, I think you get it. 

You completely misunderstood what I was trying to say but…

Cool. Let us know how you like the MA3. 

I prefer digital, and my digital front end blows the top off my analog, particularly for DSD

As others have mentioned here, a better DAC is where you will start seeing gains in your digital system.   I have a Bricasti M3 with the network card which I stream Qobuz to directly via JPlay.  The Meitner MA3, being on a similar level, will show you the start of improvement you can get.   And you don’t even need a streamer.  
 

Good luck with the audition.  

I don’t but I can see how you could get there.

I’ve been doing analog for 20+ years and I have a very good system that’s also very dialed in. I just got into digital. There’s quite a gap but that was intentional.

However, now that I’ve experienced digital, I like it and I look forward to making it really solid and significantly close the gap. If it exceeds my analog, I’d probably push the analog a bit further. And so it goes.