Meridian G01 Pre-Amplifier

Here we have a high quality Pre-Amplifier with a built in Tuner from British company Meridian. In typical fashion the G series components are designed to look and feel very distinctive with the company’s signature contrasting textures of metal and glass. Well-built and still in good condition noting a couple of small blemishes, this unit will be professionally packaged. It also comes with MSR remote control, manual, mains cable, aerial cables and our regular three month warranty.
Meridian Said….
Meridian’s G Series line of high performance digital & analogue consumer audio components feature a stylish cabinet design in traditional black or a sleek silver finish.
Designed to be either free-standing or rack mounted, G Series components build on their predecessors, the multi-award-winning 500 and our flagship 800 Series, and include entirely new circuitry developed specifically for the G Series.
Multi-layer boards reduce system noise and improve performance. In products which include video capabilities, broadcast-quality, wide bandwidth video components are employed for maximum image integrity.
G Series units are easy to use. Where appropriate, a knob is included to control volume. The positive-action front-panel keys are software defined: their legends are presented in the vacuum fluorescent display and change intelligently according to context.
Full installation configuration of many G Series components is achieved by running a special setup program on a Windows computer, connected to the G Series unit via a serial link, or direct from the front panel.
G Series products also include serial ports for remote operation and configuration, along with infra-red sensor input and trigger capabilities, plus Meridian communications ports. A comprehensive back-lit learning/programmable remote is included with products other than amplifiers.
The Meridian G01 is a fully-integrated analogue control unit which includes a sensitive AM/FM RDS/RDBS tuner. It is an ideal complement for the G Series power amplifiers and is particularly suited to those who wish to maintain an analogue signal path at the very highest quality of reproduction.
Although Meridian is today best-known for its digital circuitry, it is a company built on analogue roots, and indeed, superb analogue circuit design and implementation are important parts of all Meridian products, whether their inputs and outputs are analogue or digital. The G01 rests, therefore, on over a quarter of a century of Meridian’s experience in the design and manufacture of exquisite-sounding analogue hi-fi components and systems.
Including both a preamplifier and controller, the G01 stereo control unit provides no less than seven stereo analogue inputs plus an AM/FM tuner. The inputs are nominally designated Aux, CD, TV, Tape, Disc (turntable), DVD and VCR (though these designations can be changed). The disc input can be factory-configured for either moving coil or moving magnet cartridge operation.
A front-panel volume knob (press to mute) activates a specially-designed dual differentially balanced volume control circuit. This ensures perfect stereo tracking and full frequency range performance at all volume levels.
Two sets of stereo tape outputs are provided, along with two preamp output pairs, allowing maximum flexibility in the configuration of tape/analogue decoder loops, multi-room and amplification/bi-amplification options.
In addition to the main outputs, a stereo headphone socket is provided on the rear panel for personal listening.
Specifications:
Distortion: Less than 0.01% input to output
Signal/Noise: Better than – 90 dB for high-level analogue inputs; Better than – 70 dB for MM input; Better than – 60 dB for MC input
MM option: Sensitivity adjustable 0.5 – 3 mV rms for 5 cm/s @ 1kHz; Overload point 47 mV @ 1 kHz. Cartridge load 47 kΩ + 100 pF
MC option: Sensitivity adjustable 38 – 210 µV rms for 5 cm/s @ 1 kHz; Cartridge load 220 Ω + 10 nF
Tuner: AM (Long/Medium Wave, 150 – 285/525 – 1605 kHz); FM (VHF Band II, 87.5 – 108 MHz), sensitivity 2.0 µv.
Inputs: 7 unbalanced on phono, 0.5 – 2.5 V rms (impedance 20 kΩ) in four steps
Main Output: 2 unbalanced on phono, 0 – 3 V rms maximum, 47 Ω impedance
Tape Output: 2 unbalanced on phono, 1.5 V rms, 47 Ω impedance
Headphone: 2 V rms maximum output
Power: Versions: 100/115, 220/240 Vac, 50/60 Hz, 8.4 VA
Dimensions: 440 (W) x 350 (D) x 90 (H) mm
Weight: 8.5 kg