808.2 / 808i.2 Signature Reference CD Players
For a quarter of a century, Meridian has been making the finest audiophile CD players. And now, with the 808.2, we have made our best ever. Bob Harley, editor of The Absolute Sound, reported: “CDs played through the 808.2 and the new DSP7200 active DSP loudspeaker sounded like high-resolution recordings”.
808.2 inherits Meridian’s 25-year tradition of award-winning players, yet sets a whole new benchmark. Most significant is a new, proprietary digital upsampling filter system developed by Meridian and included for the first time in the new 808.2, which adds a new accuracy and clarity to CD replay – even correcting digital faults in the original recording.The 808.2 also includes Meridian's SpeakerLink single-wire interconnect system.
The 808.2 is available as a player only, with digital and analogue outputs, or with a built-in preamp (as the 808i.2) with multiple digital and analogue inputs.
Read the review of the 808.2 and DSP7200 loudspeakers in Tone Magazine (PDF download).
“The best CD player in the world …the 808.2 Signature Reference is no Ford Focus, more of a Bentley in its look and feel: quietly understated, well-built, and solid to the core. From the very start it was clear that this CD player is very special. The words lush, smooth, detailed and powerful all cropped up repeatedly through my notes …the warmth, transparency, dynamic impact and musical presence are hard to beat from the CD medium. ”
– Hi-Fi News “Editor’s Choice” – June 2008