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I'm starting a new thread because for some reason I was not given an "edit" option/button on my original post for the price reduction and updated info.


For Sale a long loved pair of Meridian Digital 18bit 7 segment mk1 blk 5500's, SN 101057,058. I'm the original owner, purchased dealer demo's (J&S Audio) in July 2000. These speakers sold for $13,000 new and have been in the Meridian speaker line-up for close to 15 yrs and still being sold today! With technology always moving especially audio Meridian got it right with the 5500. These beasts’ weigh-in at 140ea 180-boxed pounds each! I'm willing (with your help :)) to drive these bad boys to you (within reason) if your local. Nor-Cal. Willing to ship worldwide under the right circumstances to the right buyer.


Original Box (s)
Original Manual (s) & paperwork
Original Packing Material
Original MSR Remote Control (new/never used)
Power cords, digital connect cables, spiked feet & adjuster wrench



eBay user since Oct. 99 with 100% feedback

Meridian introduced the 5500 in 1996 for $10,700 they are such good speakers that they are still part of Meridians speaker line selling for $20,000 for the 24 bit versions which these can be upgraded too still, though these 18bit versions are fantastic just as they are. They have never given any problems. They have the usual minor nics from time but play and sound as sweet as the day I bought them. Has seen duty as rears the last year and a half. All things Meridian really hold their resale value. Yours for $2,700.

Price $2,700. Payment options: Add applicable % for paypal, cash, money wire or cashier’s check (allow time for check to clear)

Additional pictures available upon request a few can be seen at audiogon

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1262758863&/Meridian-DSP-5500-Digital-Spea

Email: klondikeike at gee mail dot com

Shipping: est. about $280 cross-country


Performance: Frequency response in-room within 3dB from 30Hz to over 20kHz. Output >112dB spl @ 1m on music material. Noise less than 15dB spl. Overall distortion typically <0.02% at any frequency or level.

Inputs: Two digital inputs to SPDIF standard; 32kHz&#150;96kHz sampling rates at up to 24 bit; MHR support. (A future software update will enable support for 192kHz.)

Construction: 3-way acoustic reflex system. 2 x 200mm long-throw bass drivers. 1 x 160mm polypropylene mid driver in separate enclosure. 1 x 25mm aluminum-dome tweeter, silver wire, short horn-loaded with protective grille. Cabinet constructed from high-density MDF. Integral magnetic shielding and user-changeable real wood veneer acoustic damping side panels. FIFO memory buffer input for the lowest possible jitter from almost any source. Four precision 128x oversampling converters for bass, mid and tweeter signals. Analogue gain and filtering using proprietary Meridian Class-A discrete amplification. Digital and conversion electronics constructed using advanced surface-mount techniques and partitioned 6-layer printed-circuit boards. Four 75W power amplifiers, one for each of the drivers. Power amplifiers use a unique feedback topology and precision local error-correction systems to achieve a performance equivalent to the conversion system.

Dimensions: 1100mm (43.31in) H, 284 (11.2) W, 450 (17.72) D

Weight 81kg (179lbs) each

DSP: 100MHz Motorola digital signal processor. Digital crossover at 200Hz and 2.6kHz. Response correction for the whole system.

Controls: Rear-panel controls for Power On/Off. MSR and RS232 port provide control over bass, treble tilt, listening axis, volume, time-compensated balance and absolute phase.

Product details:
http://www.Meridian-audio.com/produ.../dsp5500-digital-active-loudspeaker.aspx


Best,
J