unc2701
01-29-2009, 10:25 PM
$250 shipped, I'm the second owner, first owner left it in a rack in a processing studio the whole time he had it.
Includes Mid Atlantic rackmount.
What does it do? Well, this guy can describe it better than me:
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlconv&1237070408&/Meridian-518-
Or here's the Stereophile review:
http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/367/
The short answer is that it's a digital pre amp. It'll de-jitter. It'll change bit length. If you need to go from optical to coax, it'll do that and clean things up on the way. It'll do all kindsa shaping- lower the noise floor. Emphasis. De-emphasis. It'll bring out the vocals, push them into the background. This thing has tons of settings and is worth a whirl if you've got a digital source- especially an older 16 bit one.
Or you can just use it as a digital volume control. All you Emerald Physics guys owe it to yourselves to cut the Source/DAC/Pre/ADC/DAC/Amp path you've got going on back to Source/518/DAC/AMP.
Manual here:
http://www.meridian-audio.com/handbooks/518user.pdf
http://www.meridian-audio.com/data/518.pdf
Condition: The top is shiny. Too shiny. You could pull the fingerprints of the guy in china that assembled it off of here. The front is not as shiny, but no major scratches. One of the buttons is a touch sticky. Functions fine, just feels a little different.
No box, no remote, but all meridian remotes are the same... and every single universal in the world will work them. My time-warner cable box remote will work it. Will be very well packed.
PM with questions, offers, etc.
Mainly I'm selling because it doesn't really fit into my system. The CD pre handles most my digital needs, so I was using this to convert the optical out of my xbox to coax. Total waste of good gear... but I will say it did improve the sound.
Includes Mid Atlantic rackmount.
What does it do? Well, this guy can describe it better than me:
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlconv&1237070408&/Meridian-518-
Or here's the Stereophile review:
http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/367/
The short answer is that it's a digital pre amp. It'll de-jitter. It'll change bit length. If you need to go from optical to coax, it'll do that and clean things up on the way. It'll do all kindsa shaping- lower the noise floor. Emphasis. De-emphasis. It'll bring out the vocals, push them into the background. This thing has tons of settings and is worth a whirl if you've got a digital source- especially an older 16 bit one.
Or you can just use it as a digital volume control. All you Emerald Physics guys owe it to yourselves to cut the Source/DAC/Pre/ADC/DAC/Amp path you've got going on back to Source/518/DAC/AMP.
Manual here:
http://www.meridian-audio.com/handbooks/518user.pdf
http://www.meridian-audio.com/data/518.pdf
Condition: The top is shiny. Too shiny. You could pull the fingerprints of the guy in china that assembled it off of here. The front is not as shiny, but no major scratches. One of the buttons is a touch sticky. Functions fine, just feels a little different.
No box, no remote, but all meridian remotes are the same... and every single universal in the world will work them. My time-warner cable box remote will work it. Will be very well packed.
PM with questions, offers, etc.
Mainly I'm selling because it doesn't really fit into my system. The CD pre handles most my digital needs, so I was using this to convert the optical out of my xbox to coax. Total waste of good gear... but I will say it did improve the sound.