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

@audio-b-dog if you recall I had mentioned that I was running into issues with Mcontrol not being able to discover the MA3i to perform firmware updates. Streaming music was not an issue. Only performing the firmware updates was not possible. 
I spoke to a few folks at EMM Labs and after I described all the troubleshooting steps I had taken to figure out the issue. We concluded that the issue is with the network card.
They were at a show in Europe and promised to send me the new network card when they returned. Isis from EMM reached out to me on her own to let me know they’re back, have the network card and she just needed to know where to ship it to. 
Yesterday she sent a brand new network card and it arrived today.

I’m happy to report that I swapped the replacement in and the problem is solved!

First rate customer service from EMM Labs/Meitner Audio! Very cool to be able to talk to these fine folks who never rush a conversation, and they take care of you promptly!

@charles007100 my MA3i was brand new, not an upgrade, when I purchased it a year ago. The network card worked fine up until the last update I was able to perform in march. I suspect it pooped on that update. 
There were no issues streaming at all so I didn’t bother calling for support until about a month ago.

@charles007100 take your time and evaluate it properly. Aitplay doesn’t sound as good as streaming using qobuz. That’s been my experience.