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Meridian Director Meridian
Director is a simple way to enjoy Meridian and make all your digital music sound its best. UPGRADE MUSIC THROUGHOUT YOUR HOME Director is a high-quality DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter) designed to deliver superior audio quality from any digital source. Built in Britain to the same standards as any Meridian product, Director breathes new life into digital sources when listened to on analogue hi-fi systems. Director forms the ideal add-on for network players and music servers with digital outputs, bringing Meridian performance and ultimate sound quality to an entirely new class of audio products and systems. These sound enhancing technologies are derived from the awardwinning line of Reference 800 Series components, and significantly out-perform the DACs found in computers and most network players.
Design Featuring an all-metal elliptical case, Director echoes design elements immediately identifying it as a Meridian product. Each side has molded end caps that provide connections as well as source choice and resolution. Director is designed to connect to any analogue hi-fi or audio system with its own volume control, and is particularly appropriate for installation environments. It is bitprecise for the ultimate in sound quality and delivers the lowest possible distortion and modulation noise, with predictable quality. Director is handmade in the UK with the same
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4.990 kr ARTIKELNUMMER: 9-5212 ENHET: st. LAGERSTATUS: Leverans 2-5 dagar TILLVERKARE: Meridian
precision and craftsmanship as every Meridian product. Technology Features S/PDIF optical and coax as well as USB inputs Resolution Enhancement including upsampling with Apodising 192kHz fixed-level analogue output 4-layer circuit board with audiophile-grade components throughout Asynchronous USB Audio Class Compliant 2.0 HS 480Mb/s for best-in-class performance USB-powered: plugs into any computer with a USB port As with all Meridian products, our goal in developing the Director is to help you enjoy the music you love with the very highest quality playback, without compromise, using innovative engineering and technology.
Director supports sample rates up to 24bit, 192kHz and incorporates Meridian Resolution Enhancement technologies, including Meridian Upsampling and the Apodising filter, improving audio quality. The proprietary Apodising filter results in a purer sound, and can also clean up some recording faults, particularly in earlier digital recordings. Standard sample rate signals (16–24 bit, 44.1/48kHz) are automatically upsampled to 24- bit 88.2/96kHz. Separate precision reference oscillators are included for sample rates based on 44.1 kHz and on 48 kHz, minimising jitter. The DAC itself offers extremely low modulation noise and distortion, and incorporates the highest quality components throughout, including audiophile grade capacitors, resistors and gold-plated phono sockets. Some features of the design are based
directly on circuitry and components used in Meridian’s Reference 800 Series. Provides plug-and-play operation with Macintosh computers; a driver is required for Windows (XP or later): this is the same driver used for the Explorer DAC. In USB mode, Director uses asynchronous transfer for the best sound quality. Specification INPUTS # 1 x USB2 B socket for computer playback (24bit, ≤192kHz) # 1 x 3.5mm socket offering S/PDIF coax (3.5mm mono connector, (24-bit, ≤192kHz) or S/PDIF Optical (3.5mm Mini-TOSLINK, 24-bit ≤96kHz) OUTPUTS # 1 x analogue stereo pair (gold- plated phono), 2v RMS fixed CONSTRUCTION # Extruded Aluminium shell with moulded plastic endcaps and rubber foot. POWER # 5v <500mA DC via USB interface CONTROLS & INDICATORS # 3 x Sample rate LEDs: 44.1/48, 88.2/96, 176.4/192 kHz sampling # 2 x Input selection LEDs. Input selected with input pushbutton: S/PDIF, USB. Optical/coax digital selected automatically. IMPLEMENTATION # USB audio class compliant 2.0 HS 480Mb/s bandwidth. Asynchronous: device is the clock source for high quality. Firmware upgrade via USB.Windows drivers provided, no drivers required for Macintosh OS X or Linux. OS REQUIREMENTS # Macintosh OS X 10.6.4 (Snow Leopard) or laterWindows XP
SP3, Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 DIMENSIONS # W: 80mm x D: 139mm x H: 34mm WEIGHT # 0.25kg (9oz) # 2 års garanti / 3 års reklamationsrätt
