Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion HiFi & HT Chat Kii DSP Speakers

The G95 sports Hypex amplification, so it was with interest that I read an interview with Hypex designer, Bruce Putzeys.

What I hadn't previously appreciated was his involvement in designing Kii Audio DSP loudspeakers.

It's worthwhile reading their acoustics and electronics pages.

These are exciting compact products - albeit costing around £9k per pair. Even so, I would like to see Meridian produce something similar.

They sound amazing.

What DAC did you demo them with? I heard them with a Merging Technolgies NADAC, quite special although I hear they require a significant running in period?

Russ

Why external DAC? Kii has its own built in M DSP alike I thought. I was wondering the same when some Dutch online magazine tested the UltraDAC wit Kii I am sure you don't want DA/AD/DA if you want to keep signal clean as possible.

I suspect the DAC in the NADAC is high quality and I believe feeding the Kii's on their analog input bypasses their DAC?

I also experienced a dem with Kii/Nadac combination. I agree with Russ they probably need a good run in period, however more importantly they need a lot of space, not so good close to room boundaries due to rear bass firing.
With this in mind the cost of the bespoke stands has to be considered.

I believe M DSP products are more flexible with respect to customer constraints with regard to positioning.

Happy to be corrected as it was a relatively short demo.

Hector

That would be the ONLY place that M's DSP's are more customer friendly. Unlike M, these are not burdened with MHR.

What's the burdon of MHR? It's an optional EXTRA protocol available as an input to M DSP speakers.

Just guessing, 96k limit?

Hector

You are correct however the speakers have been running for quite a while now and the improvement is significant, also placement has been refined through experimentation.

Russ

Which is a problem but not related to MHR other than if you want to use >96k, then you must use MHR.

Thanks for the edification guys.

I personally do not see MHR as a constraint and 808v6/5200SE (full MQA) is great. No doubt in the distant future MQA will be described as a burden/constraint...

Hector