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"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
@rednedtugent
No
Your receiver or processor will have an optical digital input. The Meridian is a Dolby AC-3 RF demodulator. It allows you to be able to decode the Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks on the Laserdisc. Because it has a reclocking circuit,it significantly lowers jitter (*which Laserdiscs are known to have lots of*) to give you cleaner sound and it WORKS!
My discs from 3" to 12" ALL sound better with it in the signal path.
BTW both of the functioning Meridians on eBay have been sold. There is one non functioning unit that is still up for sale and he is asking for too much for it.
P.S. YES you could use the Meridian to convert the Optical to RCA. However the odds that you don't have an optical in are far less likely than not having an RCA digital input.
@rednedtugent
The CLD-97 doesn't have an AC-3 RF out just so's you know. The thing is a TANK though. If you're looking for something that has an AC-3. RF out then the CLD-99 which is the player that replaced it is the way to go. They used to have kits that you could have installed to upgrade them,but good luck trying to find one of those now. Every so often you can find a CLD-97 up for sale with the mod. I may even have posted a link to one of those auctions. However they are ridiculously expensive and rare.
Blast from the past: I watched The Abyss LD last night, and while the video left a little to be desired (I'm left to upconverting composite video in the brave new world), the DD5.1 audio was great! The AC-3 RF out goes through a B&K DT-1 demod to my AVR.
Yamaha RX-A2050 AVR (5.0.2)
(4) Polk Monitor 10B's w/SoniCaps, Mills, and RDO-194 tweets (R/L F/R)
(2) Polk Monitor 4's w/peerless tweets (Top Middle)
Polk CS300 center channel
Analog: B&O TX2 Turntable, Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1
Digital: Pioneer CLD-99 Elite LD, Panasonic DMP-UB900 UHD Blu-Ray
LG 65EF9500 4K OLED
Blast from the past: I watched The Abyss LD last night, and while the video left a little to be desired (I'm left to upconverting composite video in the brave new world), the DD5.1 audio was great! The AC-3 RF out goes through a B&K DT-1 demod to my AVR.
@StantonZ
Was it one of the special editions?
They released it letterboxed and pan & scan. The reviewers all said get the pan & scan for some reason. I just couldn't and got the letterbox.
Blast from the past: I watched The Abyss LD last night, and while the video left a little to be desired (I'm left to upconverting composite video in the brave new world), the DD5.1 audio was great! The AC-3 RF out goes through a B&K DT-1 demod to my AVR.
@StantonZ
Was it one of the special editions?
They released it letterboxed and pan & scan. The reviewers all said get the pan & scan for some reason. I just couldn't and got the letterbox.
I believe it was, because I had to "re-buy" it (originally had the non AC-3 version). I'm allergic to pan & scan.
What kills me is how much we used to pay for these things...especially the box sets...and now they're worth like $1.
Yamaha RX-A2050 AVR (5.0.2)
(4) Polk Monitor 10B's w/SoniCaps, Mills, and RDO-194 tweets (R/L F/R)
(2) Polk Monitor 4's w/peerless tweets (Top Middle)
Polk CS300 center channel
Analog: B&O TX2 Turntable, Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1
Digital: Pioneer CLD-99 Elite LD, Panasonic DMP-UB900 UHD Blu-Ray
LG 65EF9500 4K OLED
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Yamaha a-s2100 Amp, CD-2100 CD player, T-S500 tuner
Loudspeakers: Harbeth p3esr, Polk RT7
Cables: Aural Harmony Sonnet Interconnect II, WireWorld Equinox 7 speaker,
Black Cat silverstar 75 ohm digital, Signal Digital Power Cord, PS Audio Perfect Wave AC-3,
Pangea SE14, Voltz supplied interconnects
Optional: Arcam DV88 DVD/CD (HDCD) player, Polk SDS-400 speakers
This is the one with the reclocking circuitry built in to lower jitter and it works!
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Why not try that?
Yamaha a-s2100 Amp, CD-2100 CD player, T-S500 tuner
Loudspeakers: Harbeth p3esr, Polk RT7
Cables: Aural Harmony Sonnet Interconnect II, WireWorld Equinox 7 speaker,
Black Cat silverstar 75 ohm digital, Signal Digital Power Cord, PS Audio Perfect Wave AC-3,
Pangea SE14, Voltz supplied interconnects
Optional: Arcam DV88 DVD/CD (HDCD) player, Polk SDS-400 speakers
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pioneer-Elite-LD-S2-Laser-Disc-Player-Hi-end-LD-EXTREMELY-RARE-w-REMOTE-CONTROL/262531065451?_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=20131231084308&meid=e66716a459c14d16a1294595b50c3167&pid=100010&rk=10&rkt=20&sd=322217747917
The meridian does the trick?
Yamaha a-s2100 Amp, CD-2100 CD player, T-S500 tuner
Loudspeakers: Harbeth p3esr, Polk RT7
Cables: Aural Harmony Sonnet Interconnect II, WireWorld Equinox 7 speaker,
Black Cat silverstar 75 ohm digital, Signal Digital Power Cord, PS Audio Perfect Wave AC-3,
Pangea SE14, Voltz supplied interconnects
Optional: Arcam DV88 DVD/CD (HDCD) player, Polk SDS-400 speakers
No
Your receiver or processor will have an optical digital input. The Meridian is a Dolby AC-3 RF demodulator. It allows you to be able to decode the Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks on the Laserdisc. Because it has a reclocking circuit,it significantly lowers jitter (*which Laserdiscs are known to have lots of*) to give you cleaner sound and it WORKS!
My discs from 3" to 12" ALL sound better with it in the signal path.
BTW both of the functioning Meridians on eBay have been sold. There is one non functioning unit that is still up for sale and he is asking for too much for it.
This is the non functioning one.
There is one included in this full system auction
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meridian-568-2-Sound-Processor-Meridian-562v-2-Meridian-598-Meridian-519-DSP-33-/262560337356?hash=item3d21d0cdcc:g:HRYAAOSwzJ5XfcU0
http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-SEARCH-FOR-ROBERT-JOHNSON-JAPAN-Laserdisc-LD-SEALED-BRAND-NEW-/111950716502?hash=item1a10c85e56:g:PxQAAOSwJQdW-Wxd
Village Idiot of Club Polk
I thought I read somewhere that the old optical was a diff signal
and needed a convertor. Thanks for the correction.
So the 97 seems to be the player to get...
Yamaha a-s2100 Amp, CD-2100 CD player, T-S500 tuner
Loudspeakers: Harbeth p3esr, Polk RT7
Cables: Aural Harmony Sonnet Interconnect II, WireWorld Equinox 7 speaker,
Black Cat silverstar 75 ohm digital, Signal Digital Power Cord, PS Audio Perfect Wave AC-3,
Pangea SE14, Voltz supplied interconnects
Optional: Arcam DV88 DVD/CD (HDCD) player, Polk SDS-400 speakers
The CLD-97 doesn't have an AC-3 RF out just so's you know. The thing is a TANK though. If you're looking for something that has an AC-3. RF out then the CLD-99 which is the player that replaced it is the way to go. They used to have kits that you could have installed to upgrade them,but good luck trying to find one of those now. Every so often you can find a CLD-97 up for sale with the mod. I may even have posted a link to one of those auctions. However they are ridiculously expensive and rare.
(4) Polk Monitor 10B's w/SoniCaps, Mills, and RDO-194 tweets (R/L F/R)
(2) Polk Monitor 4's w/peerless tweets (Top Middle)
Polk CS300 center channel
Analog: B&O TX2 Turntable, Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1
Digital: Pioneer CLD-99 Elite LD, Panasonic DMP-UB900 UHD Blu-Ray
LG 65EF9500 4K OLED
@StantonZ
Was it one of the special editions?
They released it letterboxed and pan & scan. The reviewers all said get the pan & scan for some reason. I just couldn't and got the letterbox.
I believe it was, because I had to "re-buy" it (originally had the non AC-3 version). I'm allergic to pan & scan.
What kills me is how much we used to pay for these things...especially the box sets...and now they're worth like $1.
(4) Polk Monitor 10B's w/SoniCaps, Mills, and RDO-194 tweets (R/L F/R)
(2) Polk Monitor 4's w/peerless tweets (Top Middle)
Polk CS300 center channel
Analog: B&O TX2 Turntable, Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1
Digital: Pioneer CLD-99 Elite LD, Panasonic DMP-UB900 UHD Blu-Ray
LG 65EF9500 4K OLED