With the headphone market growing at a rapid pace there's clearly a demand for very high quality headphone amplifiers - a niche that Meridian is keen to occupy with its new Prime model. Styled by Allen Boothroyd, the dual-skinned Prime is a model of understated elegance, offering a combination of 3.5mm and two low impedance 6.35mm (0.25in) headphone sockets, the former better suited to the more common in-ear style of 'phones. Conventional analogue inputs and outputs are fitted on RCAs while an asynchronous USB input connects the Prime to hi-res media up to 24-bit/192kHz via your PC or Mac. By way of upgrade, the £ 1200 Prime is also offered with Meridian's 'high current' outboard PSU. Built into a matching enclosure, the £800 Prime PSU offers five regulated 12V outputs to power a range of partnering Meridian products including the Meridian Audio Core 200, Meridian Director and Media Source 200, as well as the Prime.
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