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EMM Labs/Meitner Audio DS EQ2 Labs Optical Equalizer for DS Cartridges

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EMM Labs/Meitner Audio DS EQ2 Labs Optical Equalizer for DS Cartridges
EMM Labs/Meitner Audio DS EQ2 Labs Optical Equalizer for DS Cartridges
EMM Labs/Meitner Audio DS EQ2 Labs Optical Equalizer for DS Cartridges

EMM Labs

Country of origin: Canada

EMM Labs/Meitner Audio DS EQ2 Labs Optical Equalizer for DS Cartridges
SKU: MEI-DS-EQ2-SI
$11,400.00

Includes GST. 🚚 Free shipping on orders over $100 Australia wide at checkout.

Engineered for DS Audio optical phono cartridges, it receives raw optical signals and applies precise proprietary RIAA equalization. Independent RCA and XLR outputs ensure flexible connectivity to preamplifiers and integrated amplifiers with high accuracy and clarity.

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Description

DS-EQ2 Optical Equalizer

Following in the footsteps of the ground-breaking EMM Labs DS-EQ1 optical equalizer, Ed Meitner is proud to introduce the Meitner DS-EQ2. The DS-EQ2 integrates Meitner's proven optical equalization technology learned during the development of the DS-EQ1 into a single-ended, streamlined package accessible by a wider variety of end users while maintaining Meitner’s high standard of quality. In keeping with the Meitner brand ethos, it is a true value proposition in the analog ecosystem.

With the release of DS Audio’s third generation optical cartridges, including the more affordable DS-003 system; Ed was once again collaborating with Tetsuaki Aoyagi and his team at DS Audio. This time to develop the Meitner DS-EQ2 optical equalizer.

The DS-EQ2 is designed with an obsessive desire to lower noise, lower distortion, and extract every bit of information from any DS Audio optical cartridge. The DS-EQ2’s circuits are all Meitner designed in-house and optimized for short and direct audio paths. In Meitner's philosophy, the DS-EQ2 is a “less-is-more” component.

The DS-EQ2 utilizes a simplified chassis construction, high quality components and connectors, and a universal power supply hand-selected to fit Meitner’s design criteria. The DS-EQ2 proudly holds the Meitner flag by offering exceptional performance in an attractive package, with value metrics that are hard to best.

Designed for simplicity, the touch buttons on DS-EQ2’s front panel allow the user to safely and silently control power to the cartridge and select the desired filter without fuss.

Proudly designed and manufactured in Canada, simply connect the DS-EQ2 to any phono system equipped with a DS Audio optical cartridge, sit back and prepare to have a paradigm shift. The Meitner DS-EQ2 is the perfect partner to any DS Audio system no matter the budget.

Key Features

  • Proprietary & discrete equalization specifically designed for all DS Audio optical cartridges
  • Ultra low distortion
  • Custom designed single-ended discrete class A amplification
  • Front panel electronically selectable DS Audio standard filter response or with added 2nd order 15Hz high pass filter
  • Optimized short audio paths throughout
  • Noiseless cartridge power function
  • Power and filter touch buttons
  • Works with all DS Audio cartridges


Tech Specs

Stereo single ended (RCA) inputs and outputs

Output voltage:

0.5V nominal (~ -3.8dBu)

Output impedance:

150Ω unbalanced

Dimensions (W x D x H):

338 x 286 x 67mm / 13.3 x 11.3 x 2.7in

Weight:

3.7kg / 8.2lbs

Finish:

Fine bead blasted front panel available in silver or black

Designed and Manufactured in Canada

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EMM Labs and Meitner Audio represent some of the most important and influential digital audio engineering in the world today. Founded by legendary Canadian designer Ed Meitner, the brands are built around decades of pioneering work in high-resolution digital playback and DSD conversion technology. In fact, Ed Meitner played a major role in the original development of DSD DAC technology itself, helping shape many of the digital playback principles still respected within high-end audio today.

What makes EMM Labs and Meitner particularly special is that the critical technologies inside the products are developed entirely in-house. Rather than relying on generic DAC chipsets or third-party streaming platforms, the company designs its own proprietary DAC architecture, streaming engine, clocking systems, analogue stages, power supplies, and volume control technologies. This allows EMM Labs to engineer a complete digital playback system with extraordinary control over timing accuracy, noise reduction, and overall musical performance.

At HeyNow Hi-Fi, these products consistently stand apart for their ability to reproduce music with exceptional dimensionality and holographic sound staging. Instruments and vocals are presented within a remarkably stable and believable acoustic space, allowing recordings to feel less like left and right speakers and more like musicians occupying physical positions within the room. The sense of depth, layering, and natural spatial separation is genuinely captivating, particularly within highly resolving systems.

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Manufactured in Canada, EMM Labs and Meitner products are engineered around Ed Meitner’s proprietary MDAC and VControl technologies together with fully discrete analogue stages and carefully implemented low-noise power supplies. The result is a highly integrated digital platform designed specifically for musical realism and long-term listening satisfaction.

Sonically, these products are known for their extraordinary smoothness, tonal realism, and highly holographic presentation. Music emerges from an exceptionally quiet background with remarkable image stability and natural spatial depth. Rather than sounding flat or mechanically separated, instruments and vocals occupy clearly defined positions within the soundstage, creating an immersive and highly three-dimensional listening experience.

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The EMM Labs DV2i is widely regarded by many experienced listeners as one of the finest DAC streamer platforms currently available, combining world-class digital resolution with a deeply natural and musically convincing presentation. The Meitner MA3i captures much of this same philosophy and proprietary technology within a more accessible platform, making the Meitner sound and engineering approach available to a broader audience.

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