Meridian America G08.2 - Manual

Meridian Audio Limited
Latham Road, Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire PE29 6YE, UK
T +44(0)1480 445678
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Meridian America Inc.
8055 Troon Circle, Suite C
Austell, GA 30168-7849, USA
T +1(404) 344 7111
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www.meridian-audio.com
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
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.