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Sooloos, Roon, G series (with LPS upgrade), 800 series (with LPS upgrade), HD621, AC200, Prime and PS, DSPs old and new.
Purdeys, Moke, Leica, 'Blad. Only the best.
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Paranoid android
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I suspect no announcements means there is nothing to say at Meridian.
They promised, or hinted at, various upgrades and I suspect that for various reasons these are either not ready or not happening at all and so there is nothing to announce.
I'm disappointed that Meridian are not (yet) delivering products which can take full advantage of MQA software. I'm hopeful this will change soon and the updates for all the Sooloos hardware will be announced.
Chris
Lounge/Cinema, Trinnov, DSP8000XE, 4x 320.2 in-ceiling, M6 rear, 2x DSW.2
Roon Nucleus+ and 320.2 in-ceiling in many rooms (KEF in-ceiling in bathrooms)
Spare: DSP5000, 598, 562v2, 500Mk2, 518, 519, 504, 101B, M3, 861v4, 800 DVD, MS600, MC200
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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I don't know Matt, it's cheap enough to try and buy. I think I will tomorrow just to play it.
The stream sounds nice on my iPad and phones anyway.
There are two options to buy here, Premium (Whatever that is?) and MQA
Chris 😎
No 18 in the Hall of fame  I have simple tastes; I am content to settle for the best: GIK monster bass panels, rear wall. QNAP TVS 471i3. Roon into DSP5200SE via 210/ 218 zone... Explorer 2. Bluesound Pulse 2, Mini & Flex. 596v1, 518, Foxsat HD, Sony BDP, Pioneer 5090, 2 Chromecast's for LRB videos. MS200 to F80 for a Roon zone
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Paranoid android
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Paranoid android
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Odd tweet from a blogger, no source provided.
Antipodes CX + Roon, 818v3, DSP 7200SEs, 218, DSP3200s
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Paranoid android
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Because it does not have an analogue output. I bet they picked that up on this forum!
Streaming: Roon, NUC, QNAP869 NAS
2ch system: dCS Vivaldi, Audionet Stern, Audionet Heisenberg, Magico Q1
Retro system: 101/104/105, Red Rose Spirit
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Great Green Arkleseizure
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Great Green Arkleseizure
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Certainly  Hector
AV: Thorens TD160B, SME, ShureV15MK2, 500, 598, 861v4, DSP7200.1, DSP3300HC Samsung UE55, SkyHD.
DINING: MS600, AC200, DSP5200SEUG.
STUDY 504, Roon Nucleus + RevB, 808v6, 5200SE, Mac & PC (Touch Screen), Prime+PS Grado GS1000i
HORIZONTAL: M80, MS200, Red Rose Spirit + Sonus Faber Toys, iPad Mini
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Harmless
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Oh well, I guess we 'll have to wait another year; or two
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Pan-dimensional being
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So does this mean that the 818v3 is the best you can get post MQA decoding for a digital output? Are they applying the MHR rule to everything?
The digital output on the Aries is 192kHZ, a step up from the 818v3 96kHz.
Primary: MD600, MS200 (SpeakerLink to AES), Trinnov ST-2, Ayre V6-xe, Salk SS8 3x LRC.
Secondary: MC600 (whole house).
Zone one: 568.2, G57, MS200, Spatial Hologram M2SE.
Zone 2-6 (Awaiting assignment).
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Hitchhiker
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The delays I strongly suspect are now as a result of MQA being a seperate entity from Meridian, with agreements in place that Meridian not be given preferential treatment.
Frustratingly this delays things for us but gives MQA the best chance of gaining serious traction and succeeding in the long term.
Can't wait until I get my firmware updates mind!
T
Lounge: DSP33's, MS200, QNAP (Storage and Core), G68D, HD421
Family Room: DSP5000
Kitchen: F80
Portable: Explorer2
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Paranoid android
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Paranoid android
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I don't know Matt, it's cheap enough to try and buy. I think I will tomorrow just to play it.
The stream sounds nice on my iPad and phones anyway.
There are two options to buy here, Premium (Whatever that is?) and MQA But how do you play MQA?
Main: Marantz Cinema 50, Meridian 271, DSP7200.2, DSP5200HC, DSP5000 rears, Meridian 210.
PC/Headphones: Mytek Liberty II, Sansui CA-F1, Sansui B-2301, Sennheiser HD800, Kef R3
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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So does this mean that the 818v3 is the best you can get post MQA decoding for a digital output? Are they applying the MHR rule to everything?
The digital output on the Aries is 192kHz, a step up from the 818v3 96kHz. If I put 192kHz into the 818v3 (which is quite easy), the speakers show 192kHz. I asked someone in R&D how this was possible, and was told "we send it over MHR". I suspect it's doing something quite clever and possibly even MQA-like to do this. And of course, this is a closed system. (Which is fine by me!)
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Library: dCS Rossini Apex DAC/Clock, Clearaudio Innovation, Audio Research PH2, Mjölnir KGST, Mjölnir PureBipolar
Music Room: 210, D33
Kitchen: RPi/RoonBridge, Genelec 6010 actives
Desk: Merging Anubis
Server: Roon/ROCK/NUC
Headphones: Stax SR-X9000, Stax SR-007, Stax SR-404LE, Audeze LCD-X...
Oldest audio file: 1889 Edison cylinder
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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The files are reported to be 'Better than CD' so just play them and asses that claim.
Are they any better than what apodising brings to the table?
Thoughts, Chris 😎
No 18 in the Hall of fame I have simple tastes; I am content to settle for the best: GIK monster bass panels, rear wall. QNAP TVS 471i3. Roon into DSP5200SE via 210/ 218 zone... Explorer 2. Bluesound Pulse 2, Mini & Flex. 596v1, 518, Foxsat HD, Sony BDP, Pioneer 5090, 2 Chromecast's for LRB videos. MS200 to F80 for a Roon zone
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