Axpona Chicago, 2024
Date: April 11th - 14th 2024
Venue: Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, 1551 Thoreau Drive North, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Main Demo: 2- Nirvana B
Hours: 10am - 6pm (Friday - Saturday), 10am - 4pm (Sunday)

High End Munich Show 2024
Date: May 9th - 12th 2024
Venue: MOC München, Lilienthalallee 40, 80939 München, Germany
Hours: 10am - 6pm (Thursday to Saturday), 10am - 4pm (Sunday)

China, Hong Kong and Macau new Distributor Annoucement!
We are thrilled to announce that EgglestonWorks Audio (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is now the official distributor for EMM Labs and Meitner Audio products in China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Our new distributor will bring our exceptional and groundbreaking EMM Labs and Meitner Audio products to new music enthusiasts across these regions. Welcome, EgglestonWorks Audio (Shanghai) Co., to the EMM Labs and Meitner Audio family!
EMM Labs and Meitner Audio March 2024 (Sales and Contact Page)

Ed Meitner—The Incredible Career of EMM Labs' Maverick Hi-Fi Designer (Video)
Ed Meitner is one of hi-fi’s most experienced, innovative, and celebrated designers. He was born in Austria but immigrated to Canada in 1969. His first North American audio project involved working for Olive to design the world’s first automated mixing console, which is now a legendary piece of hardware.
In this video, Ed explains the Olive project, as well as the other audio projects that followed, including designing Amber test equipment, founding Museatex, and working with Sony on the original DSD project, resulting in his founding of EMM Labs, which is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is where this interview took place on September 12, 2022.
Soundstage!, January 2024 (Watch Video on Youtube)

Meitner DS-EQ2 Optical Phono Equalizer, Michael Fremer, Tracking Angle Review
"..the sound produced by the Meitner Audio/DS W3 combination produced low noise and observationally low distortion. All of the benefits of low mass optical operation remain: black backgrounds, veil lifting transparency, far less additive bass, slammin’ macro and subtle microdynamics and almost total elimination of the “smooth plastic-y sheen” quality that has turned my ears off to the technology, replaced by far more satisfying "grippy" transient detail."
Michael Fremer, Tracking Angle, July 2023 (Full Article...)

Meitner MA3, Future Audiophile Review
"..what is included for that price outshines many other DACs with a similar cost. All told, and for the price, the features on the Meitner MA3 are very impressive."
Paul Wilson , Future Audiophile, June 2023 (Full Article...)

Audiophiliac, Steve Guttenberg review of the Meitner PRE
Meitner PRE, Oh boy! Reawakening to uber detail!
Audiophiliac, Steve Guttenberg, June 2023 (Watch Video on Youtube)

Both the EMM Labs DV2 and the Meitner MA3 DACs are in Stereophile's Recommended Components 2023
The EMM Labs DV2 is a Class A+ component, and the Meitner MA3 is a Class A component. Both are in the Digital Processors Section of the guide.
Recommended Components 2023, Stereophile, April 2023 (Recommended Components...)
"..one of the finest-sounding DACs with volume control that I've ever heard in my reference system." Jason Victor Serinus (Full DV2 Stereophile Review...)
"The MA3 doesn’t just take you from Point A to Point B; it makes every journey a joy." Jason Victor Serinus (Full Meitner MA3 Review...)

The Meitner PRE Stereo Preamplifier Officially Launched!
The Meitner PRE, built on the heritage of our reference EMM Labs PRE, is Ed's recognition that the analog preamp is at the heart of every music system.
Meitner Audio, March 2023 (Meitner PRE Website...)

Soundstage!EMM Labs' State-of-the-Art Hi-Fi Pursuit - Ed Meitner's 50-Year Ascent (Video)
Ed Meitner is one of the true legends of audio design. This video briefly explores Ed Meitner’s history and his vision for his products, which are designed from the ground up and intended to advance the state of the art.
soundstagenetwork, January 2023 (Watch Video on Youtube)

EMM Labs DS-EQ1 Optical Equalizer, Soundstage! Products of the Year 2022 Award
"“If you really, truly want to find out where a vinyl rig can take your system, man, oh man, do you ever need to check out the DS-EQ1 combined with one of DS Audio’s cartridges."
Jason Thorpe, Soundstage!, December 2022 (Full Article...)

Meitner PRE Showcase at Paris Audio Video Show 2022
Introduction to the upcoming release of the Meitner PRE at the Paris Audio Video Show 2022
Le Showroom de l'Image et du Son, PAVS December 2023 (Watch Video on Youtube)

EMM Labs DS-EQ1 Optical Equalizer, Soundstage! Recommended Reference Component Award
"...accolades, within Jason’s review, earned the DS-EQ1 a Reviewers’ Choice award when the review was published—and have also earned the DS-EQ1 a Recommended Reference Component award this month."
Hi-Fi Editors, Soundstage!, November 2022 (Full Article...)

Soundstage!Meitner's Custom 1-Bit DSD DACs - Combined with Clock Controversy - SoundStage! Real Hi-Fi (Video)
SoundStage! founder Doug Schneider talks with Ed Meitner’s son, Amadeus Meitner, about the bespoke 1-bit DAC and clock designs found in all of the EMM Labs and Meitner Audio digital-converter products.
soundstagenetwork, October 2022 (Watch Video on Youtube)

EMM Labs NS1 Streamer, Twittering Machines Review
"Let me be perfectly short and sweet—the EMM Labs NS1 is among the finest network player/streamers I’ve had the pleasure to live with."
Michael Lavorgna, Twittering Machines, October 2022 (Full Article...)

EMM Labs DS-EQ1 Optical Equalizer, Soundstage! Hi-Fi Review
"If you really, truly want to find out where a vinyl rig can take your system, man, oh man, do you ever need to check out the DS-EQ1 combined with one of DS Audio’s cartridges."
Jason Thorpe, Soundstage! Hi-Fi, October 2022 (Full Article...)

System Review: EMM Labs & the Credo Cinema LTM Speakers, Twittering Machines
"The experience of living with and listening to the EMM Labs/Credo Cinema LTM system ranks among the most engaging, most moving, and flat out wow-inducing listening I’ve had the pleasure to partake in."
Michael Lavorgna, Twittering Machines, September 2022 (Full Article...)

EMM Labs DV2, Stereophile Class A+ Recommended Components 2022
"it had become clear that the DV2 is one of the finest-sounding DACs with volume control that I've ever heard in my reference system.", Jason Victor Serinus
Writing from his test bench, JA noted that the DV2 offers resolution that's "close to the state of the art."
Recommended Components 2022, Stereophile, September 2022 (Recommended Components...)(Full DV2 Stereophile Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Part-Time Audiophile Review
"for those listeners desiring a DAC which will never fatigue them in the high end, the Meitner MA3 will accomplish that trick while never leaving you wondering if you’re leaving detail on the table. At the price point, Meitner MA3 is amongst the top contenders for any DAC/Streamer I can think of."
Grover Neville, Part-Time Audiophile, July 2022 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Stereophile Review
"The MA3 doesn’t just take you from Point A to Point B; it makes every journey a joy.It’s hard to imagine the music lover who will not fall in love with its sound."
Jason Victor Serinus, Stereophile, June 2022 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Audiophile Style Review and Award
"I highly recommend everyone else consider picking up the MA3, sitting back, turning up the volume, and thinking about what to do with all that cash saved. Speaking of cash, the Meitner Audio MA3 is unequivocally CASH Listed."
Chris Connaker, Audiophile Style, March 2022 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Diapason d'Or 2022 Award, Diapason Magazine France
"It's (MA3) affiliation to the professional world is obvious, producing music with eloquence and even opulence. Whether it's soundstage, dynamics, quality of timbres or the way it presents the piece, the MA3 consistently gets the music out of its digital straightjacket"
Diapason Magazine France

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Soundstage Hi-Fi Product of the Year 2021 Award
“The culmination of network streaming, Roon integration, local music file storage, and unflappable ergonomics supplemented by numerous proprietary technologies borrowed from the MA3’s more exotic brethren result in a product that not only redefines the benchmark in this price category, but raises the bar significantly.” Aron Garrecht (SoundStage! Ultra, October 2021)(Full Review...)
Soundstage Hi-Fi Product of the Year 2021 Awards (Awards Page...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, HiFi Review (Hong Kong) Products of the Year 2021 Award
"No matter how long you listen to it, the MA3 can still draw you in. Whether it's work or simply enjoying music, the MA3 won't disappoint. For those who want a simple system to purely appreciate the music, the MA3 is well worth considering."
Chan Wai Cheong, HiFi Review (Hong Kong, Issue 418) Products of the Year 2021 Award (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Audio (Germany) Review
"A Bargain. SOUND VERDICT: 148 POINTS, PRICE/PERFORMANCE: HIGH-END OUTSTANDING"
Lothar Brand, Audio (Germany), February 2022 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, avguide.ch (Switzerland) Review
"Digital Excellence. All in all, an addictive sound experience that sets itself apart relatively clearly from most competitors."
Daniel Schmid, avguide.ch (Switzerland), February 2022 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, SuperAV 2021 Award
We happy and proud to announce that the Meitner MA3 has won the Integrated DAC Outstanding Popularity Award 2021 from Super AV, China. Thank you to Super AV, our China distributor Jadis and all our customers for this award.

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Audiophile-Magazine (France), December 2021
“…(MA3) is THE reasoned choice for passionate music lovers! It is therefore difficult not to give it our highest recommendation.”, Joel CHEVASSUS, Audiophile-Magazine (France), December 2021 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Enjoy the Music Superior Audio Review
"The MA3 carries my warmest possible recommendation. It makes as strong a case for digital audio as anything out there."
Phil Gold, Enjoy the Music Superior Audio Review, November 2021 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Soundstage! Ultra Review
"...quite simply, the MA3 is sonically superior across the board,...a product that not only redefines the benchmark in this price category, but raises the bar significantly.The Meitner Audio MA-3 is enthusiastically recommended!"
Aron Garrecht, Soundstage! Ultra Review, October 2021 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Hi-Fi News & Record Review
"A highly impressive performer, the Meitner MA3 is one of the finest streaming DACs at or near its price. It offers a taste of the best high-end designs in a slightly more affordable, practical and flexible package."
Nick Tate (Lab: Paul Miller), Hi-Fi News & Record Review, September 2021 (Full Review...)

EMM Labs DS-EQ1 Optical Equalizer, SonicFlare Video Review
"In over 20 years of reviewing HiFi across the globe, I have never heard better vinyl playback. This is a disruptive game changer that everyone needs to hear for themselves. You will be shocked, just as I was!"
Danny Kaey, SonicFlare Review, June 2021 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Stereonet Review
"...the MA3 offers outstanding value for money, especially when considering the price of the flagship components that the technology has trickled down from. This single-box solution has no apparent weaknesses and draws a performance line that very few can cross."
Mark Gusew, Stereonet/Stereolux, May 2021 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Hi-Fi, Review (Poland)
"The Meitner MA3 has no weaknesses. The playback is natural, lively and dynamic providing reference level stereo quality. You can buy this sight unseen, although as always, I encourage listening to it first."
Paweł Gołębiewski, Hi-Fi (Poland), May 2021 (Full Review...)

Meitner MA3 Integrated D/A Converter, Vumetre, Review (France)
"Meitner MA3 DAC, streamer, pre-amplifier. It does everything and it does it well!"
Laurent Thorin, Vumetre (France), Mar-April 2021 (Full Review...)

DV2 Integrated Converter, Soundstage! Ultra Review
"...DV2 D/A converter is the best-sounding DAC I’ve ever heard, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time with it. In terms of life, warmth, fluidity, resolution, and realism, the DV2 has redefined what I thought possible from a fully digital product."
Aron Garrecht, Soundstage! Ultra, October 2020 (Full Review...)

MTRX Reference Mono Amplifiers and PRE Reference Stereo Preamplifier, The Absolute Sound, Golden Ear Award 2020
"...I’ve been impressed by both the EMM Labs preamps and power amplifiers. Exceptionally clean and neutral, and monoblocks with the power to handle just about any speaker."
Anthony H. Cordesman, The Absolute Sound, October 2020 (Full Review...)

DV2 Integrated Converter, Audiophilestyle Review
"The EMM Labs DV2 is as good or better than anything I've ever heard in my reference system. Period. No need to read between any lines or guess what I really mean by that statement. The DV2 is just that good."
Chris Connaker, Audiophilestyle, January 2020 (Full Review...)

MTRX2 Mono Amplifiers Review, SoundStage! Network, Product of the Year Award
"The EMM Labs MTRX2 monos are the best-sounding amplifiers I’ve ever heard."
Doug Schneider, SoundStage!, January 2019 (Full Review...)

DV2 Integrated Converter Enjoy the Music Review
"Unlike almost every high-end digital product I’ve encounted irrespective of cost, the EMM Labs DV2 is one of the most ‘tuneful’ and ‘soulful’ digital devices I’ve heard to date.”
Alan Sircom, Hi-Fi+ Issue 176, October 2019

DV2 Integrated Converter Enjoy the Music Review
"I've heard nothing that sounds more like the music I hear in the best performance spaces. I am now enjoying the best sound I've ever had."
Phil Gold, Enjoy the Music, December 2019 (Full Review...)

DV2 Integrated Converter Review, Stereophile Review
"Of all the DACs I've heard in my reference system, the EMM Labs DV2 delivered the smoothest, most naturally warm, most consistently engaging and non-fatiguing reproduction of music. Its image size, resolution, and bass were up there with the very best."
Jason Victor Serinus, Stereophile, February 2019 (Full Review...)

MTRX2 Mono Amplifiers Review, SoundStage! Review, Reviewers Choice Award
"The EMM Labs MTRX2 monos are the best-sounding amplifiers I’ve ever heard."
Doug Schneider, SoundStage!, January 2019 (Full Review...)

DA2 Reference Stereo DAC and PRE Reference Pre-Amplifier, Computer Audiophile Review.
Both the DA2 and PRE are now on Computer Audiophile's C.A.S.H. List!
"Reproducing music with all its warts when warts are present and in all its glory for those rare recordings that really shine. The DA2 and PRE are in rarefied air no doubt at $25,000 a piece, but the best of anything is never inexpensive."
Chris Connaker, Computer Audiophile June 2018 (Full Review...)

DA2 Reference Stereo DAC, SoundStage! Review, Product of the Year
"EMM Labs’ DA2 Reference is exceptional: Rather than strike a balance between musicality and detail, it provides both without limitation or compromise. I don’t have a single complaint about it, and am tempted to call it the best DAC in the world."
Doug Schneider, SoundStage!, July 2017 (Full Review...)

XDS1 V2 with V3 upgrade, The Absolute Sound, Golden Ear Award 2017
"...XDS1 has been so consistently musical and free of coloration that I have never had a reason to replace it. There now is also a new V3 upgrade—the result of some eight years of experimentation and development. I’d put the V3’s sound up against any other top contender in its overall musicality, transparency, precision, natural timbre, and soundstaging."
Anthony H. Cordesman, The Absolute Sound, September 2017

Super AV Award for Outstanding Overall Performance 2017 for the DA2 reference DAC and TX2 Transport

Vumetre, France for Outstanding Overall Performance 2017 for the DA2 reference DAC

Greece Best of Show 2017 for the DA2 reference DAC

TX2 Reference CD/SACD Transport and DA2 Reference Stereo DAC, Dagogo Review
"To say that the TX2 Transport and the DA2 digital-to-analog converter are sonically stunning does not do them justice. From the start of the evening, one problem came clear — it was awfully easy to get distracted from the task of reviewing and get lost in the pleasure of music.The EMM is staying here. And I’m very glad."
Fred Crowder, Dagogo (Full Review...)

MTRX Reference Mono Block Amplifiers, Dagogo Review
"....the lowest noise and distortion, the best extension at each frequency extreme, and the ability to drive almost any speaker regardless of how difficult a load it represents or how inefficient it may be. It also is the most dynamic at the loud end of the spectrum, so much so that you get a feeling of almost limitless power reserves, which, in turn, translate as a dynamic ease that lesser powered amps cannot approach. The highest praise that a reviewer can give a product, is after having lived with it for an extended period to buy the review sample, which in this instance, I did."
Fred Crowder, Dagogo (Full Review...)

Computer Audiophile and Enjoy the Music Best of RMAF. MTRX+PRE2 amplifiers EMM Reference Digital

"What I heard literally sounded like a live Nirvana concert. The room in which this system was in was huge and so was the soundstage. The electrostatic panels sounded awesome with the huge EMM amps and the new DA2 DAC. The sound wasn't like a traditional audiophile system at a show, rather it was life-like with air and immediacy in a way that made other systems sound a bit closed in and boxy. I think I could have played the entire Unplugged album with my eyes closed and seriously felt like I was sitting in Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993. The EMM Labs / MartinLogan system was one of, if not the most live sounding systems I've heard in recent memory."
Chris Connaker, Computer Audiophile on the EMM Labs/Meitner Audio/Kimber Kable/Martin Logan Room at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

"The experience was nothing short of breathtaking! I've heard live performances that didn't reach this level of realism, dynamics, and scale. The experience is certainly on my personal Mount Rushmore of high-end audio experiences."
Rick LaFaver, Enjoy The Music on the EMM Labs/Meitner Audio/Kimber Kable/Martin Logan Room at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

Stereophile and Absolute Sound Best of RMAF. MTRX+PRE2 amplifiers plus TSXD/DAC2X Digital

"...the Kimber/EMM/Sony system plunged me back into the glorious acoustic of Goshen College's Sauder Concert Hall in Indiana, where I had captured the perfomance. One of my best sounds of the 2014 RMAF..."
John Atkinson, Stereophile (Best of Show Rocky Mountain Audio Fest)

"..the Kimber/ISOMIKE/EMM Labs system in the Evergreen room was impressive, yet musical. Using Sony SSAR-1 speakers the system could do everything but fly."
Steven Stone, The Absolute Sound (Best of Show Rocky Mountain Audio Fest)

EMM Labs MTRX amplifiers wins SoundStage! Best of CES
"And what a statement -- 750W into 8 ohms, 1500W into 4 ohms, or 3000W into 2 ohms, and completely stable into loads of less than 1 ohm. Meitner also claims to use a circuit topology that’s never been used before, resulting in an amplifier that will drive any speaker on the planet to pretty much any volume level with vanishingly low levels of distortion."
Doug Schneider, SoundStage! Publisher

Computer Audiophile, DAC2X Stereo DAC Review (Updated)
“The updates are nothing short of incredible. The ability of the updated DAC2X to mentally transport me somewhere other than where my brain is physically located is uncanny. I noticed improved soundstage, clarity, and detail without losing a note of musicality. The updated EMM Labs DAC2X is a digital to analog converter capable of satisfying the most demanding PCM and DSD music lovers. (Even more) Highly recommended.”
Chris Connaker, Computer Audiophile (Full Review...)

DAC2X Wins Audiostream Greatest Bits Award
"If you like to listen to all manner of music in all manner of formats including streaming, and you want it all to sound stunning, muscular where called for, incisive, powerful, with superb clarity and edge-of-your-seat dynamics, the EMM Labs DAC2X has what you're looking or longing for."
Michael Lavorgna, Audiostream (Full Review...)

DAC2X Wins Soundstage Product of the Year
"But after about a week of listening to the DAC2X, any thoughts of wanting or needing a new turntable vanished because it provided the kind of full, rich, and easy-on-the-ears sound I wanted from analog, plus there was resolution that no analog-based system I've heard has matched. As a result, I now have no inclination whatsoever to pull out records again, let alone get a new turntable. Now that shocked me."
Doug Schneider, SoundStage! Publisher

DAC2X Wins Computer Audiophile's Product of the Year (runner up)
"The DAC2X produces the best musical illusion and performs a better disappearing act than all other DACs I've heard in my listening room and many other rooms. To remove any doubt I will state with emphasis, the EMM Labs DAC2X is unequivocally the best DAC I've heard in my system."
Chris Connaker, Computer Audiophile (Full Review...)

DAC2X Wins SoundStage! Network Recommended Reference Component
“The EMM Labs DAC2X is more than twice the price of the Meitner MA-1, and is the most expensive DAC we’ve ever named a Recommended Reference Component. It’s also one of the very best you can buy. According to Howard Kneller, “There can be no dispute that the DAC2X is one of only a few one-box DACs that can reasonably claim to intrude on the state of the art.”
SoundStage! Network Editors (Full Review...)

DAC2X Wins Ultra Audio Select Component Award
"The EMM Labs DAC2X pushes the performance envelope of digital conversion. More important, it taught me a few things about the art of music. If that doesn’t warrant a Select Component award, nothing does.” Howard Kneller, Soundstage! Ultra (Full Review...)

TSDX+DAC2X Wins HiFi Live Maximum Quality Award
“If you want a neutral player, with natural highs and deep bass, as well as dense mid-range, which is rich in texture and detail. If what you want is to have the maximum fidelity, as recorded, direct from live. If you also like attractive and modern design that has solid construction coupled with the latest in technology and maximum versatility, this is definitely your digital set. Without a doubt this EMM Labs combination is the reference from which will all its competitors will be measured to. Its high price is the toll that must be paid for having the highest echelon of digital reproduction. Definitely the best digital media player I have ever heard, that more than made me feel the direct emotion of music.”
David Mallen, HiFi Live (Spain)

TSDX+DAC2X Wins Super AV Magazine, China Award
DAC2X wins the Excellence award for Outstanding Overall Performance for a DAC. TSDX wins SACD/CD Transport Outstanding Award Super AV Magazine, China

TSDX+DAC2X Wins HiFi Review Product of the Year
EMM Labs is proud to announce that our reference TSDX CD/SACD Transport and our award winning DAC2X Stereo D/A Converter has won HiFi Review's (Hong Kong) Products of the Year 2012!
HiFi Review's (Hong Kong)

Enjoy the Music XDS1 V2 Integrated CD/SACD Player Review
"The energy in the room is simply startling, the tonality to die for, the dynamics unparalleled and the imaging in a whole new class. The bar has been raised, and raised so high we are in a new era of digital."
Phil Gold, Enjoy the Music/Superior Audio (Full Review...)

EMM Labs XDS1 Wins The Absolute Sound Golden Ear Award
“The most musically natural SACD and CD player I have yet encountered. A true pleasure to listen to! I owe HP one for introducing me to EMM Labs. I should also say that I am making the XDS1 one of my references… and more than a bit of a breakthrough in terms of natural, musically realistic sound…”
Anthony Cordesman, The Absolute Sound

EMM Labs XDS1 Wins The Absolute Sound Editor's Choice Award
“The sonic evolution of CD players at the high end has become so intense that it is small wonder that hard on the heels of his outstanding TSD1/DAC2 two-piece two-channel system, Ed Meitner has achieved his magnum opus, a statement CD player that has no traces of the things we normally associate with “CD sound,” that is, an identifiably “digital” character, or, for that matter, an identifiable characteristic coloration”
Harry Pearson, The Absolute Sound

EMM Labs XDS1 Wins Enjoy the Music Blue Note Award for Product of the Year
“In short, SACD performance is raised to unmatched levels in my experience, while CD comes closer than ever before to SACD. In every single area of performance, resolution, timing, transient response, decay, image size and depth, frequency response, dynamics and tone color, the XDS1 improves on all digital players I have heard before….this is the state-of-the-art, and as musically satisfying a machine as I could wish. For that reason, and for how it performs in comparison with other expensive hardware, I am forced to admit it represents good value for money too. You can’t get there for less.”
Phil Gold, Superior Audio - Enjoy the Music

Dagogo EMM Labs XDS1 Review
“...the XDS1 exhibited a wonderful control of all sounds, with a balanced presentation that is truthful-- not warm, not edgy, not syrupy, just liquid, with very solid, well-articulated bass. The XDS1 provides the music a great foundation. It is very controlled….in the end, particularly given the level of performance vs. price, buying the XDS1 was an easy decision.”
Fred Crowder, Dagogo

EMM Labs PRE2 Pre-amplifier Wins The Absolute Sound Golden Ear Award
"...Ed Meitner's new design, which has a degree of silence and transparency that is amazing in any preamp, much less one this compact. The Pre2-SE reveals the entire recording without coloration or emphasis, and makes any cliches about tube vs. solid-state pointless. Not a trace of edge or softening, superb dynamics, a true reference quality product.”
Anthony H. Cordesman, The Absolute Sound

EMM Labs PRE2 Pre-amplifier Wins Enjoy the Music Blue Note Award for Product of the Year
“What it does is simply to lose less information along the way than the JC2 or any other preamplifier I've reviewed. It's the purest and most accurate component I have had the pleasure of listening to.. For now the bar has just been raised. I've made my choice. Meet my new reference preamp.”
Phil Gold, Superior Audio - Enjoy the Music

EMM Labs TSD1 & DAC2 Combo Wins The Absolute Sound Golden Ear Award
"...a breakthrough in the reproduction of Red Book CDs. In the new TSD1/DAC2-SE combo Meitner says he has been able to remove all the “jitter” from CD playback. This allows us, or rather allowed me, to hear what jitter does to digital sound. The whole thing looks better, sounds better, and is better.”
Harry Pearson, The Absolute Sound

EMM Labs TSD1 & DAC2 Combo, Home Theatre Review
"The new EMM Labs TSD1/DAC2 combo is the best player of digital media of all time. They will redefine what you should expect from digital playback. I know they did for me; I loved them so much I bought them rather then send them back when the review was done.”
Ken Taraszka, Home Theatre Review

EMM Labs TSD1 & DAC2 Combo, HiFi+ Review
"This quality of musicality is what sets the EMM Labs pair apart; it can find the groove where other players fail. I could go on, this is the most engaging and yet refined digital source I’ve had the pleasure of using. It’s inconveniently expensive but if you have the wherewithal there’s no real competition.”
Jason Kennedy, HiFi+

EMM Labs TSD1 & DAC2 Combo, Enjoy the Music Review
“I have not heard its equal on high resolution digital material at any price, although you can easily spend a lot more… if you're looking for the best available sound, put the TSD1 and DAC2 right on the top of your shortlist.”
Phil Gold, Superior Audio - Enjoy the Music