I discovered the Meridian while doing a generic search for audiophile DACs. The specs and reviews are very impressive, but I can’t say I ever seriously considered it for my system.
And you’re right dubulup, the Chord DAVE has extraneous features given my current setup. From what I’ve read, however, it apparently provides an excellent quality analog signal, which is what I and everyone else is hoping to get out of their DAC. This really gets to why I’m here looking for input from all of you. Is there a DAC out there that can provide an analog signal on par with the DAVE without the additional built in amp baggage?