I cannot even believe we are going there again. It is all about the sound you want. To me the mme sounds like vintage analog equiptment with great a/d convertors, while the v3 sounds more digital and 2000ish to me if that makes any sense. For all of you knocking the mme, please don't. It gets really old, especially when some have not even run one. FWIW, I think the front end of the mme sounds like a mp-2, which was what, 600 bucks. So you basically get a 600 dollar pre, and a 1000 dollar a/d. The a/d is not bloated whatsoever, and running v2->mme will certainly show you this.
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