Escape from the world
Meridian Prime Headphone Amplifier and Prime Power Supply There is something so intimate about a good musical experience with headphones. When things are right — the headphones aren’t so weighty that they intrude on your thoughts about the music, and the sound is balanced to achieve the same — the listener is easily transported to an internal state of being, and the music grows large in the listener’s consciousness. This kind of personal experience seems to be exactly what Meridian had in mind when designing their lovely Prime headphone amplifier and matching external power supply. After spending a little time with these two pieces, I think Meridian achieved that goal, and along the way managed to ratchet that experience up a notch. It’s been a while since I’ve had as wonderful and engrossing of an experience with a headphone amp like I’m having with this one. Why? Well the last emotional headphones experience was the venerable Stax electrostatic ‘phones with an incredible ...