STATUS - SOLD
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Description :
The 208's line stage was superbly clean, with excellent bass weight and has freedom from electronic glare. The 208 produces a fine sound of openess and details, with excellent bass extension and a solid, deep, well-defined soundstage. There was little of the sense of treble hash that so often overlays digital sound quality. Some might find the 208's sound to be rather laid-back, preferring a more vivid presentation of music's high frequencies. However this laid-back balance is not achieved at the expense of suppressing detail, and detail is something the 208 has no problem in decoding. The only criticism would be a slight leanness to its lower midrange.
CD player specifications:
Frequency response........................20Hz-20kHz ±0.2dB.
THD...............................................±0.004%.
Noise.............................................±94dB.
Conversion......................................Bitstream, PDM, differential time-aligned mode,
..................................... 256x-oversampling digital filtering with passive final low-pass filtering.
Precision........................................16 bits.
Output impedance...........................12.6 ohms, fixed outputs. Maximum output level: 2.208V, fixed outputs.
Preamplifier specifications:
Output impedance...........................12.5 ohms, variable outputs.
Maximum output level......................10.02V (for 1% THD), variable outputs.
Sensitivity.......................................50.7mV in for 500mV output.
Line stage gain................................19.9dB.
Miscellaneous :
Notice.............................................This is a Pre-amp and CD player combined unit
Matching.........................................Meridian 205 Power Amp Monoblocks
Remote...........................................Original Remote
Made in...........................................England
Condition.........................................6 / 10 (Faded Display)
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