Exlibris, I auditioned an Audio Note DAC 4 not 4.1 along with the Meitner on red book and found the Audio Note very musical/organic but it did not have the details, top/bottom extension, and resolution/clarity of the Meitner, which was still very musical and natural in its own right. So, unless the AN 4.1 is significantly better than the 4, I believe the Meitner has more to offer. You might want to take a look at a thread entitled: Reference level DACS: an overall prespective, which contains information on this topic that you might find helpful.
