Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Systems DSP speakers? Worth it?

I wish you would get off the looks of the speakers- to tell you the truth- its the least appealing part of them in my opinion.

while you may be correct about bi and tri amping speakers- many audiophiles feel this is a necessity. I happen to not be one of them- but the point is- if you want to list feature for feature then you have to grant that. There is usually more than one way of looking at any situation. As I said before, its clear the benefit of these speakers just doesnt compute for you and theres nothing wrong with that.

Now, when we heard the 8000s in the Meridian booth at CES01 we had an 861 at home and we used it for all sources - so we were very familiar with how it sounds with the analog speakers we were using at the time. We moved between the "analog" setup and the digital one so its not a completely fair comparison. But before our dedicated room was ready we put the 8000s in a room with acoustics that are probably on par with our old room. The difference from that setup to the one with the 8000s is very significant in the positive direction. So there it is- Ive owned both and seen the pros and cons of both and I can say with a degree of confidence that the digital setup is superior (unless you are going to build your own custom speakers)- at least within the world of Meridian source components. lets leave it at that. this has become too circular.

[This message has been edited by JerryL (edited 11-24-2003).]