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DACs
Engineer reference DACs and digital sources from Ed Meitner's Calgary lab, the sister line to EMM Labs.
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about meitner audio
Meitner Audio is the digital brand built around Ed Meitner, one of the longest-tenured engineers in high-end conversion. Meitner's work on DSD and proprietary discrete converter technology runs through both EMM Labs and Meitner Audio, the two lines sharing an engineering pedigree out of the same Calgary, Alberta operation. Meitner Audio carries that reference approach into a more attainable price tier than the EMM Labs flagship range. The catalog centers on digital-to-analog conversion: the MA3 integrated DAC-streamer and the MA3i are the current reference pieces, joined by transports and converters that share the discrete DAC architecture and clocking developed across the two brands. The designs lean on Meitner's own conversion and jitter-management work rather than off-the-shelf DAC chips. In the US the brand is distributed by Audioshield Distribution, which maintains an established dealer network for it. The MA3i has been reviewed in Stereophile, and Meitner's name carries weight with serious US audiophile dealers who track reference digital — it competes with dCS, MSB, Berkeley Audio Design, and Chord at the high end of the DAC market. Meitner Audio is a name serious US dealers recognize on sight, valued for the EMM Labs lineage at a step below flagship pricing. The products are engineered and built in Canada, in Calgary, where Ed Meitner's design work has been based for decades.