The sound of the Meridian 800 player is its true draw. Even the most opinionated audiophile who reads the most oddball of audiophile journals would be hardpressed to suggest a player at any price from any company in the world better than the Meridian 800. Likely, those players are not upgradeable, don't do video, don't have a direct connection to preamps and so on, The upgrade history on Merid
Ever since the introduction of the Meridian 800, there has been room for a second drive in the player, yet no other formats have been supported, including SACD and Bluray. With audiophile discs in such short supply, to say you need another player for SACD, no matter what the political implications, is hard to accept at these prices, While built very well internally, the plastic exterior finish
The Meridian 800 is the king of audio-video disc players in terms of performance, room for multiple configurations and ultimate value. The upgrade path Meridian has provided has been meaningful, as their competition simply gave up on the idea of being ...
Abstract: Meridian?s 800 is their flagship source component, responsible for reference level playback of compact discs, DVD-Video discs, DVD-Audio discs and beyond. The 800, like its AV preamp brother, the Meridian 861, is vastly configurable and highly programm...
Abstract: Meridian?s 800 is their flagship source component, responsible for reference level playback of compact discs, DVD-Video discs, DVD-Audio discs and beyond. The 800, like its AV preamp brother, the Meridian 861, is vastly configurable and highly programm...
Abstract: This is Meridians statement DVD player or more properly called "DVD Machine". We believe this is the first high-end DVD player that was built from the ground up. By that we mean they did not start with a brand X DVD player and improve it. A full fledge...
Abstract: I am biased: On very little evidence, I remain convinced that, in the near future, high-quality music reproduction will be multichannel. While most multichannel demos are still egregiously and aggressively ping-pong, I have attended a few successful de...
