Meridian Prime Headphone Amplifier

The delivers a lifelike performance from any headphone and is designed to appeal to audio enthusiasts who seek the highest possible performance from conventional analogue audio sources. With three inputs, one dedicated and optimised to USB sources for computer audio, discrete pure analogue inputs on RCA for traditional sources, and a 3.5mm connection for portable devices such as a smart phone, while Analogue Spatial Processing (ASP) offers “outside the head" listening through headphones. The Prime features Meridian resolution-enhancement technology including low-jitter clocking, upsampling, apodising and full support for MQA.

Specifications

AUDIO INPUTS: 1x pair Phono (stereo) (A1). Gain 3dB; 1.4Vrms in for 2Vrms out. 1x 3.5mm analogue stereo (A2). Gain 12dB; 500mVrms in for 2Vrms out. Analogue inputs overload capability >40dB. 1x Asynchronous USB 2.0 interface, 44.1–192kHz ≤24-bit. Jitter