Hi.

Glad to have finally found a forum exclusively for Meridian - can't believe I've never discovered it before - very informative.

Anyway, I'm completely new to DVDA/SACD and have only recently bought something that can play them (it's a Pioneer DV656).

My Meridian kit is as follows: 500, 518, 565, DSP5000's all round (older ones - not 96/24), and a 562V3 arriving very shortly.

Three questions mainly - (a) As a complete newbie to this, can you explain how I'd connect the Pioneer up to the Meridian kit for DVDA and SACD? (b) Is the quality noticeably better than CD? (c) Can you recommend a good example of each format for me to try out (classical preferably).

Many thanks,

Gerald.