Meitner MA-1 DAC 24 bit 24/192

Meitner
MA-1 Digital To Analog Converter

Ed
Meitner opened Meitner to offer products from his famed EMM Labs company at
less than reference prices using the exact same core circuitry, but with fewer
hand picked parts and regular circuit boards instead of ceramic circuit
boards.  The key proprietary circuit
modules (MFAST, MDAT, MDAC and MCLK) are reported to be the same as the ones
used in the much more expensive EMM Labs DAC’s and Players.

As
a test, my best friend and I, both crazy audiophiles, substituted in his $300K+
system the MA-1 DAC for his EMM Labs XDS1v2 CD and SACD player and after 3
weeks of listening concluded that the MA-1 actually had slightly more
articulation than the $25,000 XDS1v2.  A
comparison in my system with a $12,000 Ayon Stratos DAC produced an even
greater difference than with the EMM Labs XDS1v2

This
DAC has been used exclusively in my personal home system and is cosmetically
perfect except for a superficial scratch in the top back right corner of the
lid. It has always been powered via dedicated 20 amp circuits running through a
Shunyata Triton/Typhon AC conditioner powered by a Shunyata Anaconda Zitron PC
and directly powered by a Shunyata Sigma Digital PC plugged into the
Triton.  It has been connected to a
Spectral preamp via MIT MA-X2 interconnects and to a transport with a MIT MAX
S/PDIF cable.

The
unit has the latest firmware which was installed at the factory and deemed in
perfect electronic condition.

I
am selling this incredible unit and other pieces of my system because of a massive
decline in my hearing that essentially makes me audio deaf in my left ear. 

I
must sell this unit by election day.

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Key
Features & Specifications:



• Supported sampling rates of 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192kHz at word lengths
up to 24 bits through all 6 digital inputs:

• 1 x USB

• 1 x AES/EBU

• 2 x TOSLINK S/PDIF

• 2 x COAX S/PDIF

• MFAST™ asynchronous technology for instant signal acquisition, jitter-free

  performance

• MDAT™ signal processing technology:

• Provides 2x DSD upsampling for PCM playback

• Preserves phase, frequency and dynamic integrity of the waveform

• MDAC™ discrete dual differential D-to-A conversion circuit

• MCLK™ high-purity master clock that establishes new benchmarks in jitter

  performance

• Sleek credit-card style remote control included for input switching

• USB service port for future software upgrades

• Serial port for wired remote control

• Power supply:

• Power factor corrected

• Universal 90V-260V, 50/60Hz

• Power consumption: max. 50W

• CE Approved



Stereo analog outputs: Balanced (XLR) and Unbalanced (RCA)

Output voltage (with 0dBfs input):

• XLR outputs: 4.6Vrms (+15.4dBu)

• RCA outputs: 2.3Vrms (+9.4dBu)

Output impedance:

• 300 ohms balanced (XLR)

• 150 ohms unbalanced (RCA)



Dimensions W x D x H: 435 x 400 x 92mm