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Meridian Partner Paranoid android
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Hi All,
We have just seen and heard what’s coming.
Excited for tomorrow’s launch...!
ATB,
Ian.
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Theater: 861v8+ID41, HD621, DSP7200, DSP5200c, DSP5000, DSP5500, Paradigm subs, OPPO BDP-93, Sim2 300E, Roon
Family: MS200, DSP5000
Home Office: 218, Audeze LCD 1
Office: Prime, Sennheiser HD650
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Pan-dimensional being
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Pan-dimensional being
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Looks like 818v4 to me...
HT: Audiocom LX800CE, MP-60,HOLO MAY*2 Analogue speaker(LRC), DSP5200SL (side), DSP7200SE (rear),AntimodeX4,JTR Cap4000ULF*2,Christie HD8C,GIK Bass Traps.
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Knows where his towel is
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Knows where his towel is
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....and do we have a new power amplifier; the 857?
Regards I
Under review
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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A new architecture or just different card ethos?
Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).
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Paranoid android
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Paranoid android
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Looks like a great product. At twice the price of an 818v3 it looks like Meridian is going head to head with the dCS Rossini.
It would be great to know the spec of the network card - is it an ID42 capable of streaming DSD and DXD?
Does it upsample beyond 24/96?
Great stuff Meridian !
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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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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From Meridian web site... One network input (Ethernet) for connection to a Meridian Sooloos System All the other inputs have resolution and sampling specs...
Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).
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Pan-dimensional being
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According to the pic, it is still an ID41.
HT: Audiocom LX800CE, MP-60,HOLO MAY*2 Analogue speaker(LRC), DSP5200SL (side), DSP7200SE (rear),AntimodeX4,JTR Cap4000ULF*2,Christie HD8C,GIK Bass Traps.
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Hitchhiker
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In a way this product make sense for the adoption of MQA for those that have high End analog setups. Hopefully this release will give Meridian the time to focus on the 861 and see to that those that have already converted from analog to digital will get the best support for MQA and MQA MCH both with RC. Much of the work gone into this product regarding MQA must be directly usable in a future upgrade of the 861. This will also make it much easier to make shot outs between Meridian and analog setups, from where we probably will get more members 
Current main Sweden: 861v8, 808v6, UHD722, Oppo 103, Dell S718QL short throw Laser 4K HDR
8KUSE, 7200HCUSE, 3200
Other apartment: 818v3, MD600, 5200SE
Study : Meridian Prime Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 820
on the go Focal Bath's
Not connected(possibly for sale): G95, F80, HD621, 7200HC.2, 218
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Meridian Partner Paranoid android
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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'm sure it will sound wonderful for redbook! One suspects totally new architecture. And no doubt a huge amount of work behind it. Bravo to M for that!
But LAN input is limited to 24/96. This is crazy IMO. I don't care what protocol they use but it makes no sense for Bob to say viz-a-viz MQA that we need to record at 352kHz or higher, then force us to downsample all that material if we want to play across the network. There is no logic to that. (One can only hope they are working on fixing this for the future.)
Sooloos and Meridian has made me realise that LAN playback is not only hugely convenient but technically superior. That makes the lack even more painful. In that respect the Ultra loses out to the dCS Rossini.
(PS Let's get one thing straight: it is NOT an 818v4. It has no digital outputs and so can't be used in a DSP system! Analogue systems only!)
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Sitting room: dCS Network Bridge, 818v3, HD621, 8kSE
Library: dCS Rossini Apex DAC/Clock, Clearaudio Performance Wood, Audio Research PH2, Mjölnir KGST, Mjölnir PureBipolar
SWMBO 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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Hitchhiker
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Hitchhiker
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Why would this product have SpeakerLink and MHR?
- Is it for having the 818 and 808 as sources?
- Connecting it to Meridian speakers?
- Connecting it to the 861 with some upgraded RC capable of handling MQA (sounds like overkill to have all that analoge stuff for that)?
Current main Sweden: 861v8, 808v6, UHD722, Oppo 103, Dell S718QL short throw Laser 4K HDR
8KUSE, 7200HCUSE, 3200
Other apartment: 818v3, MD600, 5200SE
Study : Meridian Prime Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 820
on the go Focal Bath's
Not connected(possibly for sale): G95, F80, HD621, 7200HC.2, 218
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