Meridian G08.2
Meridian G08.2 CD player
The G08.2 24-bit Upsampling CD Player takes Compact Disc playback to an entirely new level, with a heritage that includes the multiple award winning 588 and 800, and two dozen optical disc players from 1984 to the present day.
The G08.2 is CD-optimised, and able to play virtually any Red Book CD, as well as CD-R and CD-R/W. It also plays the CD layer of an SACD disc.
At the heart of the G08.2 are fully-integrated electronics and a computer-style CD/DVD-ROM drive. Although it normally runs at standard CD speed, the drive is capable of spinning the disc much faster, allowing multiple high-speed re-reads to ensure accurate recovery of data from even the most difficult disc. This feature alone provides ten times the error correction of a conventional CD player.
Once the digital data stream has been recovered from the disc, powerful on-board digital signal processing (DSP) with a capability of an impressive 150 MIPS (million instructions per second) up-samples the digital information from the 44.1 kHz, 16-bit signal of conventional CD to 24 bits, and to a sample rate of 176.4 kHz for digital to analogue conversion to drive the analogue outputs, and 88.2 kHz for the digital outputs.
Upsampling for dramatic increase in quality
CD/DVD-ROM drive allows over ten times improvement in error-correction
24-bit DAC operates at 176.4kHz for maximum performance
Balanced & unbalanced analogue outs for maximum quality & flexibility
Multiple buffers for minimum jitter and superior stereo imaging
S/PDIF coax and TOSLink optical digital outs for high-quality replay
Evolved from the award-winning 508 & 800 players
Upsampling enables filtering to take place far beyond the range of human hearing, as well as offering other, audible benefits, right across the audio band, for ultimate transparency from a CD source.
The G08.2 employs a triple buffering system to minimise jitter, and therefore maximise HF transparency and stereo image precision and stability. This, and the digital electronics as a whole, are driven by a new design of high-stability clocking system which further reduces jitter and ensures that the highest level of detail is recovered from a disc. All digital data is accurately re-clocked. Multiple power supplies ensure that digital and analogue circuitry are kept apart and can provide the required power when called upon to do so.
The G08.2 player includes both balanced (on XLR connectors) and unbalanced (on phono connectors) 2-channel analogue outputs.
The S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface, IEC 60958) digital outputs are also provided and both optical (Toslink/EIAJ) and coax digital formats are included. In addition, the optical digital outputs can support surround-encoded bitstreams such as those derived from DTS-encoded CDs, which can be replayed via an external decoder.
Technical Specification
Formats: CD Audio (CD-DA), CD-R, CD-R/W), DTS-CD (bitstream out only: external DTS decoder required)
Audio outputs: Analogue: 1 unbalanced on phono, 1 balanced on XLR-3M: 2.3V rms fixed, Class A, 47Ÿ impedance.
Digital: S/PDIF (IEC60958), coax operating at up to 2 x CD sample rate (88.2kHz), 24-bit, and Toslink optical.
Controls: Front-panel soft keys include Play, Stop, Pause, Previous, Next, etc. Buttons for On/Off, Open, Display. Full remote control of all features via MSR+.
Comms: Full RS232 control and status enables custom integration or automation. Meridian Comms (2 x DIN plus BNC)
THD: Better than ñ96dBFS
Noise: Better than ñ96dBFS
Mechanism: Triple-beam laser, multi-speed CD/DVD-ROM transport
Panel Display: Multi-character dot-matrix graphic Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD)
Construction: Meridian black or silver finish in metal & glass
Dimensions: Width: 440mm ; Depth: 350mm plus connectors; Height: 90mm
Weight: 8.5 kg
17 000,00 kn
