[John Buchanan]

It will be interesting to see comments about the sound quality of this unit. Am I alone in thinking that at least it looks beautiful? I hope it can be harnessed for use as a DAC/Preamp/Headphome Amp.

Feel free to comment on your experience with this unit.
Neumann MT48

 

[George Hincapie]

What DAC does it use? Looks like the sort of thing that uses Sabre.

 

[John Buchanan]

Apparently something from Merging Technologies. It is very closely based on their Merging+Anubis unit, with different digital input connectors.
Merging+Anubis

 

[John Buchanan]

The instruction manual has been released over the past day or so - looks like it may be getting closer. The software looks pretty bare bones compared with the Merging Anubis at this stage - hopefully that will be brought up to the Anubis level with various Missions available.

 

[John Buchanan]

It appears that the Merging and Neumann units DO use ESS Sabre chips.

 

[willstuder]

As far as I know, the NEUMANN MT 48 uses the AKM 5578 for the ADC and the ESS SABRE ES9026PRO for the DAC.

 

[John Buchanan]

I got the Merging Anubis Premium instead of the Neumann MT48, and love it, despite its much more complicated setup procedure than the MT48. Who needs balanced outputs anyway? I've got the Fidelice for that.