The future of HiFi and high end audio with EMMlabs / Meitner. Check it!

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• Ed Meitner needs no introduction. The Austrian electronics designer has forged so many new ways in HiFi that his resume is literally a mile plus long… with his company emmLabs, he now has a full assortment of digital and analog components in play. Today, let's chat with his son, Amadeus to find out what the next generation has up it's sleeve…

  Check out my previous video of the EMMlabs MTRS Stereo amp and Pre pre-amp here:

  https://youtu.be/j9glrLWCla8
  https://youtu.be/FgoxYpow-4Q

  Available through fine dealers worldwide!

  emmLabs website:
  https://www.emmlabs.com

  ???? Equipment currently setup in Studio A:

  EINSTEIN The Preamp https://einstein-audio.de
  EINSTEIN The Last Record Player, CD player
  EINSTEIN The Perfect Pickup, MC current sensing phono
  EINSTEIN The Poweramp, hybrid Circlotron dual-mono amplifier
  EMMlabs MTRS, solid state stereo amplifier https://www.emmlabs.com
  EMMlabs DS-EQ1, optical cartridge "energizer" x 2
  Meitner MA3, DAC + Streamer
  Kuzma XL Air + Safir, turntable + arm https://www.kuzma.si
  Bergmann Galder Signature + Odin, turntable + arm https://bergmannaudio.com
  ReVox H1 Cassette tape deck
  Telefunken M15A reel to reel tape machine x 2
  Nagra IV-S reel to reel tape machine https://www.nagraaudio.com
  Wilson Audio Sasha V https://www.wilsonaudio.com
  Wilson Audio Loke x 2
  DeVore Fidelity O/96 https://devorefidelity.com
  SonoruS Audio proximity bass controller https://sonorusaudio.com
  Tascam DA1000, A/D converter + digital recorder
  QNAP 8 bay 32TB NAS
  Tidal, Apple Music streaming services
  Audirvana Studio media playback app https://audirvana.com
  eero Pro 6 WiFi network

  ???? Cables used in Studio A:

  Black Cat Cable https://blackcatcable.com
  Graceline L3, speaker + interconnect
  LessLoss C-MARC Classic power cables https://www.lessloss.com

  ???? Music used for evaluation … good stuff!

  Courtney Pine – Journey To The Urge Within
  Arooj Aftab – Night Rein
  Joaõ Gilberto – Ao Vivo
  Amira Medunjanin – Damar
  Boris Blank – Resonance
  Trevor Horn – Echoes
  Eva Cassidy – The Best Of
  Fluxion – Traces
  Placebo – S/T
  David Murray – Plumb
  Willie Nelson – The Border
  Yosi Horikawa – Spaces
  Einstürzende Neubauten – Rampen

  ???? About SonicFlare
  Danny Kaey has been a published audio and HiFi reviewer for almost 25 years in online and printed publications in the US, Canada and Europe. In the hobby for over 40 years, his tastes have varied through the decades, though now have settled for what music is all about: dynamics, slam, resolving power and tonality. DK believes that like many personally experienced tastes, there are many flavors to HiFi, though in all cases HiFi should aim to replicate music as closely as possible.

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  Thanks so much for watching this episode featuring Amadeus Meitner!

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• Still rocking my Meitner STR-55 and PA-6i in my main system. Ed's impact is huge!

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• Yes, a DAC without a killler analogue out is never gonna be a great sounding unit. In the past I’ve owned many products from Meitner , all very good.

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• Advancing the state of the art and meeting the customer where they are at are the right guiding principles. The problem is typical audiophiles hate change which makes any innovation in this space a challenge. It takes strong leadership and fortitude. Also kudos to Amadeus for accepting customer behavior now matter what format or playback device. Don’t look down on a potential customer but show them that there is a better way. That is a formula for enduring success.

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• Wir sind die Guten! @sonicflare

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• Danny your question about secession planning is key. It frequently comes to mind, hot on the heels of "how does it sound", when I'm thinking about investing in a product. "Are they going to be here, when the main creative talent moves on or retires?".

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• Less talk more beers ????. Thanks D. ps kinda dark foreground

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• Brilliant talk. And YES, Adele sound shit in any platform.

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• What a great guy, very insightful interview with Mr Amadeus Meitner. I am in awe every single day of how good my system sounds (DS Audio W3 combined with Meitner DS-EQ2), and it is all because of this channel! Many, many thanks and cheers from a (soon to be) very cold Sweden ????????

  Now, where can I get hold of those nuts!??

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