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Meridian GO8.2 CD player review

Meridian updates its popular G-series with a proprietary filter for enhancing CD quality

Our Score 5

Last reviewed: 2008-09-04September 4th 2008

Price at launch £2,250.00
Additional Information Formats: CD Audio (CD-DA), CD-R, CD-R/W), DTS-CD (bitstream out only: external DTS decoder required)
Description 24-bit Upsampling CD Player
Dimensions 440 x 350 x 90
Features Mechanism: Triple-beam laser, multi-speed CD/DVD-ROM transport / Multi-character dot-matrix graphic Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) / Meridian black or silver finish in metal & glass / Rack Mounting Kit available / Full RS232 control
Weight (kg) 8.5
Analogue Outputs Analogue: 1 unbalanced on phono, 1 balanced on XLR-3M: 2.3V rms fixed, Class A, 47Ω impedance
Digital Outputs Digital: S/PDIF (IEC60958), coax operating at up to 2 x CD sample rate (88.2kHz), 24-bit, and Toslink optical.
Disc Capacity 1
Remote Control Yes
Total Harmonic Distortion Details Better than –96dBFS

Product Summary

G08

MeridianFront

Price at launch

£2,250.00

For

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Elegant styling and very flexible CD player

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The sound is sweet and notably free from digital artefacts with impressive bass delivery

Against

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Similar technology, but without some of the performance advantages of the 808.2

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Remote control is rather bulky and complex just for CD player operation

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