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Explorer 2

EXPLORER2 – A FULLY ASYNCHRONOUS, USB AUDIO CLASS 2 DAC, BASED ON THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING EXPLORER.
More than a highquality portable USB DAC, Explorer2 includes MQA – Master Quality Authenticated.

MQA technology is certified by artists, engineers and producers as delivering the authenticated  sound of the original master. For the first time in the history of recorded music, you’re really hearing the artist’s performance.

UPSAMPLING & APODISING DEVELOPED FROM THE 800 SERIES; NATIVE 192 kHz/24-BIT PERFORMANCE

EXPLORER2 – WITH AWARD-WINNING MERIDIAN RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Ultra-low impedance and 100dB advanced volume control provide exceptional control for the most sensitive headphones. And there’s a line output too.

Explorer 2 plays high resolution 
 24-bit/192 kHz files at their native resolution without downsampling. Meanwhile, Meridian’s unique Apodising filter can actually fix errors in digital recordings, making them sound more alive and natural.
Explorer2 replaces your computer’s sound card to drive anything from a pair of headphones to a full audio system.

Designed, engineered and hand-made in Cambridge, England – with the same care and attention as every Meridian product. Explorer2 delivers the  Meridian experience in miniature.

AUDIO INPUTS
1 x USB2 B socket

AUDIO OUTPUTS
3.5mm analogue line out, fixed 2v RMS

3.5mm headphone jack with variable-level output, impedance 0.47Ω

INDICATORS
Three white LEDs (1x, 2x, 4x) show connected state and audio stream rate

1x LED glows white for PCM, green to indicate MQA playback and blue to indicate MQA Studio playback. MQA indications will not show if the bitstream is altered in any way

1x LED glows white for PCM, green to indicate MQA playback and blue to indicate MQA Studio playback

MQA indications will not show if the bitstream is altered in any way

PROCESSING
Dual Tile XMOS DSP with 16 cores and 1000 MIPS

IMPLEMENTATION
USB audio class compliant 2.0 HS 480Mb/s bandwidth

Asynchronous: device is the clock source for high quality

Firmware upgrade via USB

Windows drivers provided, no drivers required for Macintosh OS X or Linux.

Analogue volume control for headphone output, controlled from PC, control law modified
to match connected OS

OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Macintosh OS X 10.6.4 (Snow Leopard) or later

Windows XP SP3, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 or later

Linux kernel 2.6.37 or later and ALSA version 1.0.32 or greater

DIMENSIONS / WEIGHT 
HEIGHT: 18mm [0.7in] 

WIDTH: 32mm [1.25in]

DEPTH: 102mm [4.0in] 

WEIGHT: 50g (1.76oz)

POWER
USB, nominal 5V at <500mA