The 602 is the dedicated CD transport from the 600 series and was part of the company's no expenses spared range of hifi components from the mid-80's. The 602 was design to use the Philips CDM-4/PRO lens.
The 600 series were constructed using anodised aluminum to ensure durability with minimum maintainence requirements. One unique characteristics of the 600 series was the deployment of twin blocks to separate power supply from control electronics, to minimise disruptions from power sources.
The 602 can be partner-ed with components from the 200's series and can be place into standby or operation mode remotely. Normally I would use the Philips Pronto programmable remote to control the 602 as it is less cumbersome than the original Meridian 209 (pix from internet as need to locate it in the store room; feels like a brick and eats 9V battery's for breakfast!!!).
The DAC which partners the 602 is the Meridian 606 which I had to perform maintained earlier on.
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The 602 can be partner with other DAC(s) for good results. In fact, I only discovered how good the 602 was when I partner-ed it with the Audiolab 8000DAC vs the Audiolab 8000CDM. After the shoot-out, I proceed with substituitions on the Audiolab 8000CDM.
friend, wow. you dig your store and change gears again? notice your onyx and MF x10d at the background of the pic le... impress with this CDP and someone selling it about S$1k i think. impress with the cdm4pro le.. lets find a day i go over to impress the partnering with the 8000dac okie. greetings from awana genting. cheers, sk
ReplyDeleteStill need to dig out my Meridian 557 one of these days ... wanna help?
ReplyDeleteGot an OPPO 105 for about 700. It plays music via M4a and video via m4v and other formats. For the money, what compares?
ReplyDeleteTou you said in a comment for a different unit, you dont like anything from China - Oppo is really a company from China which registered its business at California
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