I have a Meridian 808i.2 CD Player.
I have not had a chance to listen to it against and dCS gear in my listening room. Hope to some day.
However, the Meridian is a rather 'sublime' [not in your face] CD Player. Very 'non digital' sounding machine [rather unlike Meridian to make a player like this].
More often than not the 'subtleness' gets a bit mistaken for lack of 'resolution'....
I am not so sure if the Meridian is a 'lifeless' Player.
I am happy & rather 'satisfied' with my 808i.2.
Besides, with the digital in [from my Weiss Minerva] it performs rather well as a DAC for my Computer Audio...
Cheers !
I have not had a chance to listen to it against and dCS gear in my listening room. Hope to some day.
However, the Meridian is a rather 'sublime' [not in your face] CD Player. Very 'non digital' sounding machine [rather unlike Meridian to make a player like this].
More often than not the 'subtleness' gets a bit mistaken for lack of 'resolution'....
I am not so sure if the Meridian is a 'lifeless' Player.
I am happy & rather 'satisfied' with my 808i.2.
Besides, with the digital in [from my Weiss Minerva] it performs rather well as a DAC for my Computer Audio...
Cheers !