A 502 and 556 are not really best partners, the benefit of the 502 is the balanced outputs where as the 556 is unbalanced inputs.

Why dont you stick with the 501 which has unbalanced outputs which will match those on the 556? Or, not wanting to kill the deal, look for a different solution.


Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).