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Meridian Bows Upgraded, Extended G Series

Slot-Load Drives, USB Connections Augment British Firm's Most Popular Range


2008 International CES, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7, 2008—Meridian Audio Limited, the British firm recognized the world around as a leader in digital audio and video technologies for music and home-theater systems, will take advantage of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV to showcase a newly extended range G Series components.

The updated G Series, which comprises Meridian's most widely adopted family of music and home-theater system components, has established itself as a world standard of performance and quality for audio and video playback.

"The new G Series family is both broader and deeper," says Meridian co-founder and lead designer Bob Stuart, "offering out customers more individualized routes to arriving at fully Meridian-level music- and home-theater system performance. At the same time, we availed ourselves of the opportunity to introduce advancements such as the series' new slot-load drive, and USB connectivity, that enhance both quality and versatility."

At CES 2008, an extensively reworked G Series will be prominently displayed among the full range of Meridian innovations. G Series components to be featured include:
G68 AXD Surround Processor: The popular G68 digital/analog preamp/processor is extended into two versions, the G68 AXD and the G 68 XXD (below). The G 68 AXD includes full analog and digital I/O, with 4 channels of professional-grade balanced analog output plus 10-channel unbalanced outputs, Meridian's powerful proprietary DSP engine, which implements Meridian Room Correction as well as the firm's renowned surround and ambience-recovery processes, and incorporate USB audio input/output for the last word in system extensibility and configurability. Designed for US market and maximum performance.
MSRP: $10,995, Available: Now
G68 XXD Surround Processor: The G68XXD is identical to the AXD (above)—including USB digital connectivity—but supplies fully balanced analog connections with 8-channel pro-grade balanced output to complement Meridian's uniquely capable digital I/O.
MSRP: $10,995, Available: Now
G61R Surround Processor: The G61R expands upon the highly successful original G61, a compact, more accessibly priced but full-performance derivative of the G68 family, by implementing Meridian's acclaimed Room Correction processing and adding USB connectivity to the models flexible analog and digital I/O facilities.
MSRP: $7,495, Available: Now
G92 DVD Player/Controller/Tuner: The world's only legitimately high-end "system in a box," The G92 combines much of the functionality of the G61R with a fully integrated optical disc drive—the same superb-performing slot-load mechanism found in Meridian's astonishing G95 Series flagships—and with Faroudja video processing up to HD 1080p. The net result is truly state-of-the-art 5.1-channel home theater from a single, sleek, marvelously usable component. HDMI output and onboard FM/AM tuner facilities complete the package, which requires only power amplifiers and speakers—or better still, Meridian Digital Loudspeakers—to complete a superb multichannel system.
MSRP: $8,495, Available: Now
G96 DVD Transport: A new slot-loading optical disc drive (the same found in the flagship G95 Series) highlights Meridian's latest DVD design. The G96 accepts virtually every current optical-disc audio-video and audio recording format, and features HDMI video output that exploits Meridian and Faroudja digital-video processing, for HD 1080p results that have again and again been judged the industry's finest consumer-video playback.
MSRP: $6,995, Available: February
G06.2 Compact Disc Player: The G06.2 is one of two newly refined G Series CD players. It, too, adopts Meridian's flagship slot-load disc-drive mechanism, and incorporates audiophile-grade circuits and topology developed from the award-winning G08, including fully Class A analog stereo outputs, alongside Meridian's exclusively versatile digital outputs.
MSRP: $3,495, Available: February
Compact Disc Player G08.2: Evolved from the acclaimed Meridian 800 design, the new G08.2 delivers state-of-the-art music playback by way of fully balanced, professional-grade Class A analog outputs (unbalanced analog outs are also present), or via Meridian's refined digital-output connectivity. The same superb slot-load optical drive found throughout the new G Series is on board the G08.2, whose performance is further enriched by Meridian's exclusive digital audio upsampling/reformatting, to 176.4kHz/24-bit, for unmatched musicality, transparency, and precision.
MSRP: $4,995, Available: February
For more information and high-resolution photography please visit the Meridian Media Center: http://media.meridian-audio.com.

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