It`s very sad and very troubling to read of other`s problems with their M equipment in this thread and elsewhere on this forum.

It`s easier for me to understand their difficulty as I had much too many problems with my M equipment purchase and functioning. Nevertheless I have repeatedly praised M equipment and provided links to great reviews of their gear.

However, because of what I went through and read here I recently started a thread asking would you recommend M gear to others. The issue has never been the very high quality of their properly configured and functioning equipment. The issue is getting to and maintaining that stage or after some inevitable malfunctioning getting back to that stage in a reasonable time with a proper Meridian fix.

The situation seems worse since I asked if you would recommend M equipment, such as with now no service/advice calls direct to Meridian headquarters.

I wish I could say the problem is not that bad as these problems are about Meridian`s old equipment, including equipment out of warranty. There are too many problems with their current gear that results in fear of what problems will be in their next new release.

To me the situation with Meridian equipment is a very serious issue and a substantial warning/caution to those considering buying their new equipment. There are some great people working in the Meridian dealership, importing/distribution, and at HQ service that I had contact with. They are not the problem. It seems there are basic technical problems and some Meridian policies/procedures that are the problem and that may to some extent correspond to the period of the new ownership of Meridian.

What do we do? Accept that Meridian read this forum and get the message and deal appropriately with it, send a letter to them (do emails get through or receive sufficient attention?), or perhaps somehow send a joint message to Meridian.

I am frankly sick of too often reading here indications of too many problems with Meridian equipment and their sometimes apparent failed efforts to provide a timely and sustained fix of problems.