Meridian America G08.2 manual

G08.2

24-bit Upsampling Compact Disc Player

Meridian’s G Series line of high performance digital

&analogue consumer audio components feature a stylish cabinet design in traditional black or a sleek silver finish.

Designed to be either free-standing or rack- mounted, G Series components build on their predecessors, the multi-award-winning 500 and our flagship 800 Series, and include entirely new circuitry developed specifically for the G Series.

Multi-layer boards reduce system noise and improve performance. In products which include video capabilities, broadcast-quality, wide-bandwidth video components are employed for maximum image integrity.

G Series units are easy to use. Where appropriate, a knob is included to control volume. The positive- action front-panel keys are software-defined: their legends are presented in the vacuum fluorescent display and change intelligently according to context.

Full installation configuration of many G Series components is achieved by running a special setup program on a Windows computer, connected to the G Series unit via a serial link, or direct from the front panel.

G Series products also include serial ports for remote operation and configuration, along with infra-red sensor input and trigger capabilities, plus Meridian communications ports. A comprehensive back-lit learning/programmable remote is included with products other than amplifiers.

The G08.2 24-bit Upsampling CD Player takes Compact Disc playback to a higher level, with a heritage that includes the multiple award winning 588 and 800, and over two dozen optical disc players from 1984 to the present day.

The G08.2 features a robust new slot-loading drive and is CD-optimised, 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 instrcutions 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 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.

Product highlights

Upsampling for dramatic increase in quality

Now with a unique proprietary filter with ‘apodizing’ performance that realises the promise of Compact Disc

Slot-loading CD/DVD-ROM drive allows over ten times better error- correction

24-bit DAC operates at 176.4kHz for maximum performance

Balanced & unbalanced analogue outs for maximum quality and 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 588 & 800 players

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Meridian America Inc.

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