Price: $9500

Website: www.emmlabs.com

Aron said: 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.

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The gist: The centerpiece of an ambitious-but-not-crazy all-digital system.