So you think Merdian digital is good?
 

I've been posting forever that Meridian reference gear leaves a lot on the table..limited oversampling, crappy filtering, moderate sonics

So, today I saw this quote from the designer of what is considered one of the worlds best dacs....

"So I had to measure a lot on at least a dozen DVD-A players from Denon, Meridan and so on.
Analyzing the Meridan player has shown, that the drive down- samples all original 192kHz tracks to 96kHz and feed this data stream to an Analog Devices DAC IC, which up-sampled the data stream again.
What a stupid implementation and that from a company, who was part of the standardisation with its MLP ( Meridian Lossless Packaging). You got more and useless signal processing than in a CD player."

Pretty telling I'd say....

I just don't get why Stuart develops all this great digital technology and then lets it be implemented in his products in such a poor fashion.

I saw that too. If I understand correctly, he's referring to a DVD-A player, which was last produced about 15 years ago (800?). For comparison here are the specs for a more recent 818v3:

http://www.meridian-audio.info/publi...%5b4835%5d.pdf

Soundserge

Who has DVD audio content? If you do it is probably gathering dust with your cassettes, Elcaset and DAT media.

Actually, it may be getting ripped to files with AnyDVD-HD and sounding wonderful off a server. It is in my house!

Thanks I've seen the sheet on the 818v3.
Other than MQA what is different from the 818v2?
Still has limited up-sampling and crappy sounding apodising filter. I want my Sooloos files played at their full resolution

:lurk:

Same here.

I run my Sooloos Ensemble into a Meitner MA-1 with awesome success.

I don't know. I don't even know what MQA is exactly. I've read quite a bit about it, but I haven't heard it.

I don't know what to say. Sounds like your mind is made up.
Do I think Meridian digital is good? Yes, I do. Understanding that it's a subjective matter and that I'm probably missing out on something better.

Do I think it's fair to judge whether Meridian Digital is good based on an analysis someone did of a piece of equipment from roughly 1999? No, I don't.

Soundserge

I understand the 1999 thing but consider:

The quote seems to reflect the person's current thought on M's implementation and
The way M operates, 15 years is like yesterday.......

Here's hope the 818v3 is a game changer ......