Meridian Audio G61 Surround Processor

Meridian Audio has an addition to its G Series components - G61 THX Ultra 2 Surround Sound Processor. These are the highlights:

• 5 digital optical and 6 digital coax stereo inputs
• 5 stereo analogue inputs
• 10 digital surround and 8 analogue surround outputs
• Analog and 2 digital multichannel inputs
• DSP engine consisting of three Motorola 56367s and a 56371 running at 150MHz – delivering in excess of 500MIPS
  
• On-board AAC decoding, plus Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG, Ambisonics and acclaimed
• Trifield decoding
• THX Surround EX Ultra 2 certified
• 24-bit Sigma-Delta ADC and DAC converter chips operating at up to 96 kHz on analog inputs and outputs
• DSP modes include Direct, Music, Trifield, Ambisonics (2-ch UHJ & B-Format), Super Stereo, Music Logic, THX, Mono, Discrete, TV Logic, ProLogic IIx Music, ProLogic IIx Movie, ProLogic IIx THX, Cinema and up to 10 user-defined

Meridian G61 is suggested at $5495 and will be available at the dealers in December
Source: Meridian Audio