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My Meridian G08 doesnt as good as i thought ...

I bought a meridian g08 after listening(also the positive user posts here) to the amazing Meridian 588. but 588 lows didnt sound right, so i went ahead and bought the G08, but to my dissappointment the mids and highs doesnt doesnt as good as 588. but the lows are pretty good. I am very dissappointed by this purchase, when i try to do a A-B comparison between my Toshiba SD9200+CAL Audio Sigma DAC combo, G08 is only better by a very small margin. I called up meridian to see if they might have defective parts, but the answer was it either works or doesnt work. i also tried upgrading to the firmware that is on the merdian site, but no use. It is a used one so there is no question of not being broken in.

i am trying all the gimmicks, different interconnects and isolation tweaks using cerabal

Does anyone have insight on the issue ?

thanks in advance
akrish
illenema12f40
29 posts
 
Then dont play around sell it. Aleays purchase equipment with a recourse if not happy. dont spend $$ on interconnects isolation ect. Part with it get something else.
kw6
692 posts
 

BTW I have heard other people saying the 588 mids are organic but has soft bass. Measurements shows response of 588 flat down to 20hz. It could be a system synergy thing!

I fall else fails try a Linn Ikemi!

Good Luck!*>)
brianmgrarcom
1,317 posts
 
I agree that maybe there could be the possibility of a synergy issue. That said, I purchased a G08 recently and I am simply amazed at the difference it has made in my system, I am very, very happy with the purchase!!
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