Micromega M-100/150 field reports


Got a M-100 or M-150?  Share your setups, tweaks and observations, and help out your homies.

My initial M-100 config and some early observations in this thread.

Things I'm wondering about:

  • hacks & upgrades to LAN infrastructure including h/w, and whether they make an objective difference in reproduction from the M-100/150
  • power cords/supplies, with same question (objective difference?)
  • MARS room correction performance & value
  • whether Micromega will have any relief for the abject instability of their Android control app (circa 2016)
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I got curious and looked up the app for the ipad/ iphone on my wife's ipad and found it has had a steady update path since the initial release in 2016 the last was in Feb 2018 making it compatible with the iphone X. The android app has never been updated since Dec 2016. I assume there aren't enough android users so they don't bother with it. 
I know Paradigm isn't a well thought of speaker but I am sitting here  listening to the Moody Blues and this is the best these speakers have ever sounded. The room correction on this thing is wonderful or these speakers are better than I remember. I had them stored away for about a year while I was downsizing. This punch and clarity of this amp is amazing for only 100 watts. The background is always dead silent. 
I assume there aren’t enough android users so they don’t bother with it.

Maybe - but they did do an initial release on android, and it would reflect real well on company and developer/s skillset (and CV/s) if they’d stabilize the app and get it to parity with the iOS version.

And I think you answered my earlier question to benb about the internet radio feature: it isn't in the (abjectly outdated) android version of their mobile app  :  /

... punch and clarity of this amp is amazing for only 100 watts. The background is always dead silent.
I’m having a similar experience with my Nola Boxers - they’ve been transported to entirely different dimension by the M-100.

I’m using iPhone X and iPad Pro.  Both work fine.  But I think once the settings are dialed in, all of which can be done on the unit or the remote, there isn’t much need for the Micromega app.  At least as I’m using Roon.  Not sure if I’ll pony up the $$ for it though.  
I wanted to see if there were any thoughts on best ways to feed the Micromega M100.  I’m loving the Roon interface but from what I understand it feeds the M100 via Airplay which may not be giving the highest quality sound.  I also have Audirvana+ latest version which seems to output UPnP to the M100 giving all the filtering options.  Would adding a microRendu and feeding Ethernet into that and then USB into the M100 give even better sound?   The microRendu is also Roon ready which I think would open up possibilities within Roon.  Sorry for my limited knowledge on this part of computer audio.  

Now ow what I can say is that the Micromega M100 sounds absolutely fabulous almost any way I feed it including straight Airplay from iTunes.  It is making the best sound in my system ever.  So alive with great presence.  I would also say the mars is well worth the money.  It’s like buying a new set of speakers so in that light it’s a bargain.  

Thanks for any info info and hopefully this thread can keep expanding and become a good resource for owners.