Meridian is an ideal pre-amp processor for a digital front end like DVD/CD, DVD-A, and who knows, possibly SACD in the future. With Meridian offering a 'pure' totally digital DVD-A path in the next month or so, how are you going to top that?

If you want to listen to a turntable and vinyl, I agree, you are looking in the wrong place. Then again, I'm not sentimental about wax cylinders and things that Thomas Edison invented [Linked Image from softronix.com]

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