Meridian 596 User Manual

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Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596
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Design philosophy…?
1 What is the Meridian 596?
The Meridian 596 is the first of a new series of optical disc players in the 500 Series. 596 is
an advanced, high performance CD and DVD-Video player. It features a flexible and high-
performance architecture that delivers state-of-the-art sound and picture with a degree of
upgradability.
Meridian is the world leader in CD and DVD playback quality having set the benchmark with
the 800 Reference DVD machine. 596 brings much of this technology to the 500 Series.
2 What is the 596 configuration?
The 596 plays back CD, CD-R, Video CD, MP3 and DVD-Video using a carefully selected
DVD-ROM drive.
This player has a modular build. The electronics are split into 4 major PCBs: control,
decoding, audio and video and, in addition, the back panel is modular.
596 has a low-jitter digital output and a high-quality 2-channel analogue output. It supports
composite and S Video and comes in two variants providing either BNC or SCART outputs.
The 596 can also be your system controller – ideal for building a 2-channel system based on
Meridian DSP33 Loudspeakers.
3 Why is 596 made this way?
The modular construction in 596 is intended to maximise the likelihood that we can provide a
range of suitable options or upgrades in the future. See Q. 72.
4 Why is a ROM drive used?
The 596 uses a ROM drive because this is the best type of drive to ensure accurate data
recovery on all disc types. For more on this, see Q. 8.
5 What is 598?
598 is 596’s stable mate, currently in development. 598 targets multichannel outputs,
upsampling and full support for DVD-Audio. More details will be announced later.
Sound issues...?
6 Is 596 a good CD Player?
It is excellent! This is very important: CD will be a major source of music enjoyment for many
years because the catalogue is so rich and the sound we can get is so good.
Meridian has made the best CD players for 16 years, with award-winning models like the 208,
602, 508 and the outstanding 800.
596 uses some of the advanced technology originally developed for 800. The ROM reading
system and error correction method provides a very accurate data stream. The 596 then uses
two levels of memory-based de-jittering to smooth out the data. The result is musical, clear,
smooth, error-free CD playback.
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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Sound issues...?

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 1 Design philosophy…? 1 What is the Meridian 596? The Meridian 596 is the first of a new se

Page 2

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 10 63 What are the three vertical stripes in the Logo screen? The wavy Meridian logo screen

Page 3 - Video issues…?

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 11 71 My controller is a Meridian 501, 502, 551 – how do these work with 596? We suggest th

Page 4 - Navigation issues…?

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 2 7 How does CD playback on 596 compare to a 500, 506, 508? The 596 plays more of the CD fa

Page 5 - What does the 596 play…?

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 3 12 Does 596 have upsampling? No. Upsampling requires a DSP resource that 596 does not hav

Page 6

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 4 20 Does 596 have a progressive output? No. We may introduce an option with progressive o

Page 7 - Connections…?

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 5 In a recent review, Meridian’s 800 scored the highest points for navigation among a wide v

Page 8 - 596 as a Preamp…?

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 6 32 Does it play DVD-Audio? 596 is a CD, VCD and DVD-Video player. Many customers are main

Page 9 - Configuration and Setup…?

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 7 40 Do I need an MPEG decoder? No. The 596 decodes MPEG streams internally. 41 What about

Page 10 - Control…?

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 8 48 What video outputs are available on the SCART version? 596 comes in two versions. The

Page 11 - About upgrades…?

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 596 Page 9 56 Can I use 596 with 861? Of course! 57 Can I use 596 with 565 or 561? Definitely, thes

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