It’s unlikely that many budget DACs (digital-to-analogue converters) will suffer from enochlophobia (the fear of getting lost in a crowd).
Of late, the likes of the Award-winning Audioquest DragonFly Black and DragonFly Red, the HRT microStreamer and dSp, and the TEAC HA-P50 have been go-to options in the sub-£200 terrain, sitting under next-level models from Oppo, Chord and Arcam.
But thanks to its support of full native playback of 192kHz sample rates – greater than the 96kHz of its peers – and MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) support, Meridian believes its Explorer 2 will stand out from the competition.
Alongside several Meridian products, such as the Prime Headphone Amplifier, 808v6 Reference CD Player and its 40th Anniversary Systems, the Explorer 2 is the first of its kind to get onboard with MQA codec technology, which packages music efficiently into smaller files that are easier to download and stream.
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Because of its 32in screen, the M2600 is somewhat stuck between a rock and a hard place; the 1366×768 resolution meaning that it’s always upscaling SD video (480p) or downscaling Full HD content (1080p).
Expensive earphones are often huge things that seem to want to fill your ears, largely because many of them use a whole array of drivers. The Final F7200 are among the smallest high-end pairs in the world, though.
At a glance, the speakers themselves look just like their passive siblings save for a small LED on the left master speaker that informs you of what input is selected.
