I very much wanted the Meridian Prime to be great. But there is a lot of strong competition out there. I started with the Explorer 2 and compared that with the iFi iDSD Black Label and a Chord Mojo (See my Mojo Review). The Chord Mojo won my ears over. The iFi iDSD Black Label was a close 2nd. Both beat the Explorer 2 (with or without MQA firing on 2L samples and Tidal and yes Blue Light was on). I kept the Mojo and returned the others. These were all tested with a BeyerDynamic T1.2 Headphones. But it was haunting me that it was unfair to label...

Equipment to compare.   iFi iDSD Black Label AMP/DAC (returned) Beyerdynamic T1 2nd Gen Headphones (returned) Meridian Explorer 2 AMP/DAC (returned) Beyerdynamic A20 Amp (returned) HiFiMan X V2 Headphones Chord Mojo AMP/DAC   When I received the iFi I thought for sure that it was the winner.       The bass boost feature was very nice (very mild boost) and had lot more power than Explorer 2.     The iFi has 3 gain settings, Eco, Normal and Turbo.         On Eco it was slightly less power than the Explorer 2.         On Normal it had...