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Compared with using the headphone output on a MacBook Pro, for instance, the Explorer provides a remarkable boost to the sound quality. I was helped to that early conclusion by the fact that the two devices are also very similar in apparent output voltage. A series of tiny lEDs along the outside sxplorer the case indicate incoming resolution.
Everything that came out of the Explorer had more meat on its harmonic bones, and sounded exceptionally clean and pure. Joan Baez In Concert, Part 2. It looks fantastic, is dead easy to use, and transforms your laptop-based music collection into proper hi-fi.
Meridian Explorer USB DAC
The device looks elegant, and the slim aluminium casing feels nicely finished. The HRT microStreamer quickly followed suit, gaining a glowing five-star review in our March issue for its superb sonic strengths and convenience.
The three main characteristics of the Explorer that I mentioned earlier -- agility, facility, and quietness -- leapt out in high relief in direct comparisons.
But thanks to its support of full native playback of kHz sample rates — greater than the 96kHz of its peers — and MQA Master Quality Authenticated support, Meridian believes its Explorer 2 will stand out from the competition.
Most-Read Reviews Last Days. So where does that leave xac Meridian Explorer 2? MQA takes the focus off sampling frequency and the frequency domain and puts it on the time domain, where music lives.
Leave this field blank. As far as I can tell, there exist no aftermarket, perfectionist-quality versions of this digital cable; I'm keeping my fingers crossed that, if and when that day comes, the industry will keep stiffness, expense, and speculative fiction to an absolute minimum.
This is far preferable, as the dacc circuits inside the Explorer are of a much higher quality than those used in computers — which means there are fewer digital timing errors jitterleading to a better sound.
What Hi-Fi?
With non-MQA music, the Explorer 2 was very pleasant to listen to. The entire track is just a pure joy, bringing tears, through the current prototype of the Hi-Reality system and I intend to seek Morten Lindberg's permission and support to demo a purist audiovisual version of this magnificat at the launch event. Thanks for any feedback! Thank you for the correction, guys.
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Log in or register to post comments. And the Explorer meridiqn is that kind of product: Even as one instrument faded and another became more prominent, I could still easily follow the first. How, over time, can we grow them into core customers?
The DragonFly is still a great bargain. The violin was clean and clear, with great pop when a string was plucked. Nor was this improvement confined to specific recordings.
Strings medidian more effortlessly; the acoustics of the venue were more immersive. Meridian Audio was founded in in the UK, by Bob Stuart and Allen Boothroyd, to make high-performance audio products, beginning with a preamp, a power amp, and an active i. Sure, but no major complaints.
A brief mention is due of the Explorer's performance with headphones: And the choice between it and the similarly fine AudioQuest DragonFly may, for some, come down to nothing more mysterious than aesthetics, ergonomics, and the question of whether one wants a headphone jack or not.
The British converter made clearer the descending figure in the tremoloed electric bass, revealing a greater frisson of feeling.
The noise floor remained very quiet, allowing all sorts of subtle textures and variations in transients to be audible and nuanced.
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