Thanks hamachan, confirms my own feelings precisely. For my ears the sq is far better than foobar and imho also better than jrmc - as you say it does have a few issues but is certainly heading in the right direction. I'm particularly impressed by the ability to use it without logging on to...

Has anybody else tried the Hysolid player ? Bit unusual in needing a smartphone to control it and the interface is a bit clunky but IMHO it sounds more natural and presents a wider / deeper soundstage than than JRMC - and no I'm not associated with the product.   Wouldn't mind hearing other...

Some well made points in that article - yes the MQA files do sound very good but always worth wondering what our current (non MQA) libraries would sound like if they had the same level of production effort and expertise.    Nice to finally get to hear MQA - but final judgement will have to...

Working with JRiver MC now - same type of issue as with Foobar.   Set audio device = E2 (WASAPI) Set Bit Depth = 24bit Integer DSP Studio - disable everything and set channels = source number of channels   Turn JRiver MC volume to 100% ( careful if your explorer control panel also has...

Finally managed to update mine last night ( tried the night before immediately after the update was posted ).   Panda AV detects the dacupdater program as a virus and deletes it !!!   Doesn't work with my JRiver MC but does with Fubar 2000 ( install asio or wasapi plugin and configure as...

Ah Well - probably going to be waiting a while longer.   1st attempt at update panda antivirus chose not to like the dacupdater program and deleted it.   2nd attempt went ok ( Panda off ).   Just like others - no indication of MQA ( single white light ).   Anybody managed to sort it yet...

E2 firmware update is now on the Meridian support page - guess what I'm doing with the next hour or so.

I'm sorta with Click on this one. As I've said previously - another couple of months won't kill me (and yes it is a very transparent and neutral Dac in a very portable package). I think that now "some" MQA stuff is available those of us who have the E2 want to hear what all the fuss is about...

"in advance of full production release in the coming months."     Ooooer, looks like another couple of months wait then. I must admit that I was more than a little ...... well lets just politely say very very cross when I received the following condescending piece of "fob me off like an idiot" ...

I bought mine almost a year ago and have been waiting to hear this magical MQA stuff, another couple of months won't kill me. On the up side I have had an absolutely brilliant DAC to play with ( just a shame it needs more power than my poor ol' HTC M8 can give it ). MQA or no MQA it has earned a...

I've just spoken with Meridian - it goes something like this :   Whilst the E2 is MQA capable it will require a firmware update to exploit this ability. This update is not expected for, at least, the next couple of months - which ( I am told ) is sort-of when we can expect to see MQA content...

Chaconne opus 32 (1916)   MQA Stereo 76.32 MB Just Downloaded this from 2L, also appears ( from E2 point of view ) to be 16bit 44.1    ( only one light lit - white ) ( foobar 1.3.9 and jRiver MC 21 )

From Wifihifi at CES   "Other hardware providers that have announced MQA products include Mytek, Onkyo, Pioneer and of course Meridian. Several enthusiast brands are joining the list, including Berkeley Audio, dCS, Ixion and Kripton. MQA says several streaming services will start offering MQA...

Ok - 2 days spent pouring over reviews (mostly here on head-fi) and following the comments from tomb (thanks) I've been trying to find a device to provide that clean power to my me2. Does anybody have any suggestions (other than ifi iusb3.0?)

I'm using the explorer2 with Oppo PM-3s, it's fine but today I added a Fiio A3 ( borrowed ) and the difference was quite remarkable. From what I can see the HE-400i ( 35ohms 93db ) are just a little bit harder to drive ( not much tho ) - the Explorer2 has the ability to sound awsome but my...