Meridian America manual Meridian 598 DVD Audio Player, Meridian Smart Link, DVD-Audio

The Meridian 598 DVD Audio Player

Introduction

The design philosophy of the Meridian 598 DVD Audio Player is simply to deliver the highest possible quality audio and video signals from every format of DVD and CD. It combines Meridian’s extensive experience in producing audiophile compact disc players with their experience in applying state-of- the-art digital processing techniques to audio and video equipment, resulting in a DVD/CD player that delivers reference quality signals whatever the media.

The 598 DVD Audio Player uses a precision DVD-ROM drive with the audio and video data read asynchronously and then triple buffered to isolate output timing from the mechanics of the drive. The audio data is also de-jittered using precise master oscillators to give a clear, open, authoritative sound.

Meridian Smart Link

The 598 DVD Audio Player (digital version) incorporates MHR Smart Link, a unique multi-channel link, which allows it to provide a six-channel PCM stream to a compatible digital surround controller, such as the Meridian 568 Digital Surround Processor, for the highest possible quality sound.

An additional feature of the Meridian multi-channel link is that it provides intelligent stream content information from the 598 DVD Audio Player, allowing the digital surround processor to select an appropriate preset depending on whether the source is music or a movie soundtrack, and whether it is two-channel or multi-channel.

DVD-Audio

DVD-Audio discs now make music recordings available with significantly higher quality than Audio CDs, with up to 24-bit resolution and up to 192kHz sampling rate. The 598 DVD Audio Player is capable of taking advantage of the highest-quality audio available on DVD-Audio discs, and by using the proprietary MHR (Meridian High Resolution) encoding scheme, in conjunction with Meridian DSP Loudspeakers, allows the signal to be preserved at full resolution throughout the reproduction chain.

The 598 DVD Audio Player also provides access to the range of additional features available on the DVD-Audio format, including still images and video sequences.

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