M is focused on its whole ecosystem and has left original Sooloos owners with very little to work with...
Hi,
We know you don't the M upsamping/apodised [it's well documented] and that's fine ... your ears / system etc. however, your last comment is misleading.
The original Sooloos (pre-Meridian) hardware used a fairly 'basic' PC audio card, driven directly off the motherboard's clock ... hardly audiophile quality. Now of course you can still use that original hardware if you wish, but I think you would be in a minority of one of those that say it makes a better audio source than subsequent hardware options.
As for current hardware; there are units at various price-points / AQ and if required for those that wish to drive 3rd party DACs at x1 (so that those DACs upsample) the digital output can be configured to accommodate.
Can Meridian-Sooloos be improved, absolutly and I'm sure M will continue to evolve their products.
Will they be all things to all men, no that's an impossible dream there are always compromises.
Regards,
Carl
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