I will try to set up Jplay when it arrives, probably at around 4 or 5. Google AI has given me instructions on how to do it. Hopefully everything goes well.
Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?
I have a good analogue front end. Not stratuspherically good but good enough for this comparison. VPI Prime Signature 21 turntable, Pass Labs XP-25 pono preamp, Pass Labs XP-30 preamp and Hovland Radia amp. It has a lovely, very involving sound. On the right recording, I just drop everythng and am drawn in to listen.
My streamer, on the other hand, is decent but not spectacular. It is better than my CD player, but it is not jaw-dropping like my analogue front-end. My question is this: does anyone have a high-end, tier-one streamer (dCS Bartok Apex, Lumin X2, or something like them) that can rival a good analogue system?
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I've plugged in the MA3i. I think it sounds like a different streamer. I was listening to Eric Clapton Unplugged today on the MA3, and there were many things I was noticing about it being "soft." Lack of transcient attack on the guitars and a inflation of the sound. The entire sound was "wooly." All of that has been corrected with the MA3i. I haven't done any intense listening or even broken it in, but it is definitely one or more steps up from the Meitner MA3. Thanks for recommending it. BTW, I am listening on Jplay. |
@audio-b-dog excellent! Glad to hear you like it. Enjoy! |
@charles007100 lol that’s a good one.
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