What kind of DAC does Meridian Explorer 2 have?

The Meridian Explorer 2 is a compact USB bus powered digital to analogue convertor (DAC). Unless you are awakening from a particularly impressive coma or have been working as a missionary in an especially internet free corner of the Earth, this is not a spec that will be remotely radical.

What kind of USB cable does Meridian Explorer use?

Meridian have decided to fit the Explorer with a mini USB-B cable rather than the more common micro version, you get a cable with the device but it’s one extra cable to add to the inventory. The other slightly confusing area is the sample rate indicator.

Can a meridian explorer work with an iMac?

As with most contemporary USB DACs, getting the Meridian Explorer and an Apple iMac computer to play nicely with one another was as easy as losing one’s health insurance.

Do you need 5VDC for the meridian explorer?

The Explorer requires only 5VDC, which it gets from the USB bus of the associated computer. It operates in asynchronous mode, using Meridian’s proprietary software to reclock the incoming datastream.

What kind of music does the meridian Explorer 2 play?

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. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU…

Is the meridian Explorer 2 compatible with MQA?

The Explorer 2 comes from the same designers, is built in the same factory and benefits from the same ethos even at this very affordable price point. The second is that the Explorer 2 is one of the small number of devices currently available that natively supports MQA.

Is there a Windows driver for Meridian Explorer 2?

To do this, the Explorer 2 makes use of a Windows driver to hit this higher sampling rate (Mac and Linux users can give themselves a quick pat on the back at their USB implementation not requiring one). This driver is on the Meridian website and covers all iterations of Windows back to XP for people with no understanding of malware.