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Meridian 518 Digital Audio Processor - 72-bit - With Original Box, Manual, and Remote

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Meridian 518 Digital Audio Processor - 72-bit - With Original Box, Manual, and Remote

SkyFi 479

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479 South Broad Street
Glen Rock NJ 07452
United States

+12018790000

Super clean and looks almost new.

There are many different ways this item can be used in your system/mastering studio/etc. Please see the manual linked below for full details.

More from a Stereophile review written by John Atkinson:

"The 518 is a successor to Meridian's 618 Mastering Processor, which has gained no small reputation in professional audio circles for the way it reduces 20-bit audio data to the 16 mandated by the CD standard without sacrificing sound quality. It adds considerable functionality, however, and in its most fundamental role can be used as a digital replacement for a system's conventional preamplifier, accepting the outputs of digital sources, allowing for volume control, and feeding its output either to a D/A processor/amplifier/speaker combination, or to a system based on Meridian's DSP-series powered loudspeakers, which have digital data inputs. (Bob Stuart: "At Meridian, we say there is no preamp like no preamp!")

Or it can be used like the 618: to make 16-bit recordings with resolution and sound quality approaching those of true 18- or 20-bit recordings.

Or it can be used as a sophisticated jitter-reduction unit that also allows the user to increase resolution, change the gain of the digital signal, and even to add or remove pre-emphasis."

Meridian 518 Digital Audio Processor Manual

Technical Specifications:

Meridian 518 Digital processor with infrared remote control

Capable of operating in three modes:
• "Type 0" Digital Control Center with digital source selection and digital volume control (1 dB step size)
• "Type 1" Digital Resolution-Enhancement Device with user selectable input/output data-word lengths, gain, and dither/noise-shaping (five algorithms available)
• "Type 2" Digital Mastering/Multimedia Processor

Digital inputs:
• Three electrical S/PDIF (RCA aka Digital Coaxial)
• One S/PDIF optical (TosLink)
• One AES/EBU (XLR)

Digital outputs:
• One AES/EBU (XLR)
• One S/PDIF (RCA aka Digital Coaxial)

Control inputs:
• Meridian "Comms"
• RS-232 (set to 9600/8/N/1)

Sampling frequencies:
• 32kHz, 44.1kHz, and 48kHz

Internal processing precision:
• 72-bit using a 24-bit DSP engine

Dimensions:
12.6" W (320mm) by 3.9" H (100mm) by 12.9" D (352mm)

Weight:
10 lbs (5kg

Price in 1996: $1,650
When Adjusted for inflation: $2,700+

Made in the UK.

Please click here for detailed specifics regarding our specialized packing process that separates us from the rest.

Item

Included

Original Box

Yes

Manual

Yes and Online

Remote

Not Applicable

Cables

Yes - Power

Physical Condition

8

Working Condition

10

SKU: 102069