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Dan, what sound enhancement technologies(from the advert) are involved?
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I just posted a review of the Explorer here. Very nice review. I'll have one tomorrow morning. Looking forward to trying it out.
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The review is excellent, and having recently auditioned the Meitner DAC in MA-2, IMO if the Meridian Explorer is anywhere close this product is a winner.
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Does the Explorer play 24/192 files at this resolution?
I believe it does, for $300.
What say you Sooloos owners about this?
Our multi thousand dollar system gets down sampled...
I hope there is a firmware upgrade coming to give us at least 24/192 and hopefully higher native resolutions
and I hope it's not a hardware upgrade...
Actually maybe I hope the Explorer info is wrong and it just down samples like the rest of the M gear so I don't have to think about not having full resolution!
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I'm pretty confident the 861v8 and 818v2 will not downsample in second half (after the big Sooloos patch this spring). It's my between the lines interpretation or maybe wishful thinking 
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OK from Computer Audiophile " In addition to the 4x sample rate support via optical output Meridian will release a firmware image with enhanced DSP by disabling the digital output and reclaiming the processing power for an extra DSP stage with upsampling, an apodising filter and noise shaping" Awesome!
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Looking at results from googling "Meridian Explorer", looks like every audio forum on the planet is chatting about it, great launch Meridian, well done!!
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I can stream wirelessly to my portable from my MD600. If I plug an Explorer into my portable what sound quality could I expect? Would a network cable connection make any difference?
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Will it work with iPhone 5?
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I think you will need a special cable to access the digital side of the iPhone = license fee= Apple profit. Not sure if there's one out yet.
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Seems like a great product for 299$! And the internals really oozes come to papa!  I was hoping for something more than the plastic 'fly but I didn't expect Meridian would answer the call. Well done Meridian!
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That'll be the iPad camera kit probably. Whatever device that can allow a USB connection to it. If you have one it would be worth a try.
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