[Review] Meridian G08

Meridian G08

Has anyone tried the new meridian G08? ~Ive had one on demo for a couple of days and whilst its a superb machine with bags of detail i couldnt help but feel its lost something that the 588 had... almost in the same way that Arcam has with the FMJ CD33 vs the 23 Its a big sounding very smooth machine but im wondering if with upsampling some sort of connection with the music is lost... It could just be me i hasten to add! its a while since i owned the 588 hence im interested if anyone has had a similar experience.. It could also be down to the fact ive spent a week with a naim CDX 2 which is at the other extreme...

 

Hawk Yes it's just so nice welcome to the 'new generation players' life is missing from these lastest efforts, still for the £2500 or so a top notch used cdp could be had, me I'm more than happy with my 98 vintage player yet to find a one that is acceptable out of box shame really. Wm

 

Thanks WM, glad its not just me... i was going down the road of buying a DAC in the 2k bracket but thought i would be mad not to consider some of the newest one boxes first as i could ebay my existing player to part fund... back to plan A i think!? Thanks Neil

 

Neil, they arn't bad players at all, just all those things you associate with music seem to be missing, you however try one of these killer music makers Tone

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