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Best DAC for Meridian Sooloos

Which DACs pair well with Meridian Sooloos equipment?

My system is a Simaudio 650D, P-8 & W-8 plus Revel Ultimata Studio 2 speakers. Cable is all Cardas Clear with a top of the line MIT digital coax cable. Digital source is a Meridian Sooloos MC200.

I find the sound of the MC200 into the 650D to lack a little body, like there is a mid-bass dip that robs the music of some fullness and impact.

Any suggestions?
camb
agiaccio
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Have a serious look at the new Bryston BDA-2 external DAC.
camb OP
164 posts
 
Cool, thanks.
camb OP
164 posts
 
What about the Berkley Audio Dac 2? Expensive but worth it?
camb OP
164 posts
 
Anyone using a Berkeley Alpha DAC 2 with Sooloos?
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crion
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Forgive me for making the obvious recommendation to your Meridian MC200.
The Meridian MS600 streaming audio endpoint.

Its DAC will perform very close to the absolute best DACs out there and it will have much lower jitter and better clock than the MC200 can do internally.

No reason to buy a DAC 2-3 times more expensive than the MS600 and get not much to show for.

If you really want the best of the best Sooloos Audio Endpoint you have the Meridian 818V2 streamer, it also contains a capable preamp and can run amps directly attached. Or if you want a CD drive in it as well the Meridian 808.5 CD/Streaming endpoint.
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