Thx guys for the replies, I did not expect anymore any feed-back. I paid so small and fair money for the 561, that any purchase even for 200$ does not make sence, besides somebody has a spare Meridian part around, say for 20 to 30 quids, which seems more like winning the lottery ;-).

Talked to the German distributor shortly and they said units send to Europe, had usualy two winding on the coils for 230 Volts and can be re-wired to 115 Volts. Processor send to the US however, which is the case, have a different coil with only one winding for 115 Volts and cannot be re-wired to 230 Volts, besides changing the transformer inside (ca. 200+ Euro).

If nothinig shows up, I simply keep the unit on the my old trusty converter, until I can afford a 568.2MM (230Volts) to complete my 5 series "collection".


Cheers, Andreas
My Meridian history 565/519 (1996), 861 (2000), to G68ADV, to 561 today, tri-axial cardioid studio monitors, self build acoustic measures, ceiling sails, corner bass traps, trial Helmholtz resonator, REW, Apple (TV, Mac, IPAD), SBT, Calman