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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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I Repair cars for a living, as such I have no real interest in ownership and badge. I know how they are made and see how they depreciate. (60% over 3 years typical) A competant Japanese car will do. As reliable as possible and with a Good heater and Radio. Cheers Chris 
No 18 in the Hall of fame I have simple tastes; I am content to settle for the best: GIK monster bass panels, rear wall. QNAP TVS 471i3. Roon into DSP5200SE via 210/ 218 zone... Explorer 2. Bluesound Pulse 2, Mini & Flex. 596v1, 518, Foxsat HD, Sony BDP, Pioneer 5090, 2 Chromecast's for LRB videos. MS200 to F80 for a Roon zone
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Harmless
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Depreciation isn't such an issue when your most expensive car is a 1991 model of which I think only around 300 were ever registered in the UK Badge is no motive for me though, good engineering is. I guess that is the closest to an OT comment since most 'neighbours' wouldn't have a clue what Meridian is and they would prob be more impressed by Bose .... but those in the know recognise good engineering.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
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Don't Panic!
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Don't Panic!
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Second-hand Mercs. Immense value...
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Pan-dimensional being
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Pan-dimensional being
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live on Isle of Man - no speed limits!!
DSP6000, 5500 centre, SW5500. Kef surrounds. G61R, HD621, MS600, MC200, G55, Lumgen,Oppo bluray player, Bluesound Node Icon
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i'm planning to go back to the isle of Man again, but can't decide whether i should take the triumph ot lotus, 2 or 4 wheels!
last time was in 2007 on the bike, and loved every minute of it! there are fantastic roads and scenery out there.
Last edited by Grog; 2010-01-20 18:57.
Main: 861v4, UHD722, 558, Klipschorn, SVS PC13u
second: Tom Evans Eikos, DCB1-pre, DIY Nelson Pass PLH amp, DIY speakers.
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Pan-dimensional being
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well you have tried the bike - time for the Lotus me thinks!
DSP6000, 5500 centre, SW5500. Kef surrounds. G61R, HD621, MS600, MC200, G55, Lumgen,Oppo bluray player, Bluesound Node Icon
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Hmm, country comparison (as of 20 Jan):
A/V-equipment:
- UK: Meridian
Cars-top 5:
1 German: BMW (24)
2 German: Audi (18)
3 German: Mercedes (14)
4 German: Porsche (13)
5 German: VW (9)
???
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Pan-dimensional being
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no way - Aston - ask Bond
DSP6000, 5500 centre, SW5500. Kef surrounds. G61R, HD621, MS600, MC200, G55, Lumgen,Oppo bluray player, Bluesound Node Icon
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Paranoid android
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Audi A5 Sports line current car. Aston Martin DBS wish list car.
3x DSP5200 L, R and C (all vertical), 4x Triad Silver in-wall surrounds and 6x Triad Silver in-ceiling ATMOS speakers, Triad Silver subwoofer, Denon AVR-X8500H, JVC DLA-7500 4K projector and Screen Research 120" AT 2.35:1 screen.
Apple TV 4K and Oppo UDP-203 Blu-ray player.
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Harmless
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Audi A5 Sports line current car. Aston Martin DBS wish list car. Happy birthday Chris, your Aston is in the mail... 
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@Chris, happy birthday as well...
Audio: Triad Monitor Golds, Surround Golds, Silver Subwoofers; Procella P-18 Subwoofer; QSC DCA 16622s, 1644, 3422, BASIS 922uz; ADA MACH IV B
Other: APC S-15s; Crestron
Sources and Video: Ran out of characters .....................
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Hitchhiker
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What interests me most about the poll is that the top 5 cars are the high-end expensive prestige cars. When I checked they accounted for nearly half of the ownership. The results may reasonably reliably reflect the socioeconomic distribution of we Hitchhikers.
However, that may be confused by an either or choice of more expensive Meridian or more expensive car. It would be interesting to know how much the cost of cars owned was directly related to the cost of Meridian owned.
I expect Meridian would be very interested in the poll's findings. It may even increase Meridian's interest in HH. There has been an expressed opinion on HH about, what I could call for the sake of brevity for communication here, the "battlers" who can't afford Meridian or only second hand Meridian. That led to opinion that maybe Meridian was not all that interested.
Having stated all that I emphasise it is not meant in any way to be about "them" and "us". This forum is about "us" Meridian owners or those interested in Meridian.
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