I owned a 588 for about four years and auditioned the G08 instore and in my system while preparing for an upgrade. The latter was broken in and I auditioned with and without isolation. The G08 was no more articulate than the 588 but HF were a bit more pronounced - midrange was a wash. Both cdp's benefit from proper isolation and are very system dependent. The disparity in observations offered here underscore the need to listen for yourself - but isolation is a priority with these players.
My Meridian G08 doesnt as good as i thought ...
I bought a meridian g08 after listening(also the positive user posts here) to the amazing Meridian 588. but 588 lows didnt sound right, so i went ahead and bought the G08, but to my dissappointment the mids and highs doesnt doesnt as good as 588. but the lows are pretty good. I am very dissappointed by this purchase, when i try to do a A-B comparison between my Toshiba SD9200+CAL Audio Sigma DAC combo, G08 is only better by a very small margin. I called up meridian to see if they might have defective parts, but the answer was it either works or doesnt work. i also tried upgrading to the firmware that is on the merdian site, but no use. It is a used one so there is no question of not being broken in.
i am trying all the gimmicks, different interconnects and isolation tweaks using cerabal
Does anyone have insight on the issue ?
thanks in advance
i am trying all the gimmicks, different interconnects and isolation tweaks using cerabal
Does anyone have insight on the issue ?
thanks in advance