Mr Perceptive
Perceptive Member
Found a 500/566 with a third box called 518 processor
The drive seem to be a mk3, no idea if spares available ?
Very old stuff but should be in working condition (for how long?)
My experience says if in doubt don't
In it's day the 518 was quite a clever box of tricks, could be used to reclock and resolution enhancement, and to switch digital sources in the days when DACs only had one input. It could also be used as a digital pre-amp (possibly the first fully digital pre-amp commercially available)
500 series Meridian kit was beautifully built, but unfortunately CD mechanisms don't last forever.