Is Meridian considered off the shelf?
I thought it would be in the same category as of DAC makers such as TotalDAC, MSB, Soekris Module, PS Audio, Chord, Metrum, DCS, and Meitner?
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 experience with the additional amp has opened my eyes ( and ears ) quite a bit.
I have E1, and to be honest, I always use it with another amplifier. Actually when E1 line out with an amplifier, it's much better than Modi 1. However, its HO is not bad at all, and I belive E2 improved a lot of HO.
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 experience with the additional amp has opened my eyes ( and ears ) quite a bit.
Thanks! I'm now looking into getting a separate amp (Schiit Magni 2), and it's good to know ME1 is still awesome as a dac, so I think I'll keep it as the dac in the chain, especially when the Modi isn't that great.
Many of us bought the Explorer2 for the MQA experience, and are impatient.
The only MQA album I could find today is a single offering on 2L for $24. Hopefully we get more from Tidal or downloads with this week's CES announcements
Many of us bought the Explorer2 for the MQA experience, and are impatient.
The only MQA album I could find today is a single offering on 2L for $24. Hopefully we get more from Tidal or downloads with this week's CES announcements
What is the album, and what is 2L?
I've had the Explorer2 for a year now, and have yet to validate it can play MQA. I would at least like to validate the capability.
What is the album, and what is 2L?
I've had the Explorer2 for a year now, and have yet to validate it can play MQA. I would at least like to validate the capability.
"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 content in 2016, including 7digital, HQM (Japan), Onkyo Music and TIDAL."
Personally I'm starting to think that the Explorer2 is getting a bit left-behind, the DAC ( according to my ears ) is absolutely brilliant but the amp is under-powered. May well let mine go in favour of, oh I don't know, HA-2, Mojo or whatever and get an mqa decoder should it ever gain any traction.
...from a technical point of view we can confirm the Tidal/MQA service works. Here at CES Unveiled there was a working demo on a Mac laptop through the MQA-enabled Meridian Explorer 2 DAC and headphones, with MQA music files provided via music label 2L on Tidal.
Does anyone have a clue how to stream MQA tracks on Tidal?
I am using the Meridian USB2 ASIO drivers in Foobar2000.
Windows DAC properties are set to "no enhancements" and "Exclusive".
Latest Meridian drivers: WINDOWS DRIVER V1.68_19 November 3, 2015
When playing 24/96 two lights are on. 24/196 shows three lights.
I believe the first light is supposed to turn green to indicate MQA processing?
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 becoming more widely available.
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