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In Reply to: RE: Don't need to Kal... posted by Jim Pearce on December 16, 2014 at 07:44:13
Jim-
I feel Meridian missed its opportunity way back when- it should have been in a partnership w/ both Sony & Phillips at the dawn of the SACD.
If I recall, I believe the company did partake in DVD-Audio ?
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I must admit that I didn't get a chance to listen to MQA, due to a severe disease, but I read the press coverage and I learned that Meridian held a press conference at their UK offices and invited some professional singers and players to perform live in front of the audience, and then played back their recordings through a pair of very expensive active speakers equipped with MQA technology. Reportedly, the audience burst into tears as there was no difference between the live performances and the playback. And lest you think it's a technology for the affluent people only, the $299 Explorer 2 USB DAC not only decodes MQA, but also plays back RBCD tracks (.Flac, .Alac, .WAV) with an amazing quality, due to the patented Apodising Filter, which is a trickle-down technology from the company's expensive CD players. It even improves the quality of MP3 files, which used to be a no-no for hard-core audiophiles. With all due respect, Why buy a $60K Boulder DAC? Why buy a $100K TT with a $10K cartridge?
I have been criticized before about Meridian's Explorer 2 MQA-capable DAC, which costs $299 in the US, that "at this price it can't contain audiophile-grade components". Well, there are some good news regarding MQA DAC's (and indeed, DAC's in general). Take a look at the feature set of this upcoming DAC from Mytek: It just might be the best ever DAC in terms of price/performance ratio.
I see the history differently: once again Sony pushed the wrong technology, and then orphaned it. Having said that I have no strong preference between SACD and DVD-A in terms of sound quality. Predictably this new Meridian program is PCM based.
Thanks! Jim,
I enjoy both SACD & DVD-A. Meridian could have also R&D the 1st true "universal" spinner, to include, blu-ray, IME.
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