But my impressions of the bass chime exactly with Gianni's experience of a demonstration of 7200s at his dealer. He was very put off the 7200s as a result. Because I know what the 7200s can sound like in my own room I was very surprised by his response. Having now heard them in a smaller, boomy room I can understand why he was underwhelmed.

I wonder how many UK dealers are able to demonstrate Meridian DSPs without room constraints and without putting a processor in the chain?

I hope to have a better answer to this issue when I have heard the 808.2 and 808.3 side-by-side in my own room where bass boom will not be a problem.

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