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

@audphile1 

I will end up using Mcontrol. Unfortunately, Jplay is flakey with my Meitner. It stops in the middle of cuts and played one cut silently. I think the Meitner is made to work with Mcontrol. I'll get used to it.

@audio-b-dog cool. You can email jplay. They might resolve the issue for you. It’s so much better than mconnect it would be a shame if you can’t use it. 
Also keep in mind there’s an ongoing Qobuz issue. Some tracks just won’t play. It’s been going on for weeks intermittently. Some tracks won’t play on roon and jplay. Roon mitigates it by just skipping to next track. Jplay looks like it plays it silently for few seconds then errors out. Not a fault of either, like I said it’s a Qobuz issue. 

@audphile1 

Thank you. Streaming local and Qobuz is much better than it ever has been for me. On a par with vinyl for many albums. It’s wonderful. Does make me wonder if vinyl is strictly necessary anymore. 
 

Long may it last. 

@newton_john that very same question pops in my head once in a while but then I put on a good analog pressing of some of my favorite albums and I don’t think about it anymore. 
Is one format better than the other? To me, they’re different and good enough to enjoy both. It’s a bit tougher to get digital right and bring it to the same level though but once there, you can just enjoy the music. 

@audphile1 

I agree with you completely. The Meitner MA3 is plenty enjoyable. I should stop thinking about what is better, like your upgrade, which I'll probably listen to next year and enjoy the music. Now listening to Bill Evans on Qobuz. It's at a 192 kHz resolution and sounds absolutely fine. I bought the AAA version of "Adam's Apple" by Wayne Shorter, although the streaming version sounded like an album. I've got a touch of uprageitis.