For me the end result is what matters. If you have to buy a Meridian 818v2 to get the vivaldi to sing like its silver disc transport then I think that only validates my experience of the Meridian actually having a state of the art streaming platform like 818v2/861v8.
Which was what I brought up.
IMHO a full DCS vivaldi stack should be able to make everything sing, including its USB input and Ethernet used for streaming audio. Otherwise why include them? I do think the price signals that you can expect every input to be the absolute state of the art.
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