I am interested in an MC200 possibly with MS600 and I have some questions.

It sounds like Meridian wants the dealer networks to handle customer support but the 2 Meridian dealers nearest to me do not have the MC200 or MS600 to demo and quite frankly are not that knowledgable about the products (yet).

Good information here though.

1. I have read in some posts here that the MS600 will yield higher quality audio output than the MC200, maybe even in 808.3 or 861 territory. If that is true, to what do you attribute that to? Better analogue output section? Better power supply? The fact that it is does not share space with noisy computer components? Does it reclock the digital info from the MC200 to lower jitter? Something else?

2. The MS600 user manual is not 100% clear. Can it be connected via analogue outputs directly to amplifier(s) and function as a preamp with volume controlled by the iPad app or control mac/pc? If so is volume controlled in the digital domain?

Thanks, Al

Bryston SP3 processor, Bryston PP300SST monoblocks x3, Dynaudio Confidence 5 speakers LR, Dynaudio Excite X28 center speaker, Apple TV4K, Samsung TV.