What many fail to understand is that it is very easy to make a great amplifier, as long as it only ever has to drive one type of speaker. Hence I can purchase for about �800 a pair some little active bookshelf speakers which can comprehensively destroy most speakers in all but ultimate loudness and low frequency extension terms.
To build a great amplifier that can drive any speaker, and consequently build a great speaker that can be driven by a wide variety of amplifiers, is a lot more dificult. I'm not saying that Meridian is cheating with the DSP series, but they are making sound engineering choices.
Unless you are driving something like Soundlab U1s from Krell Master Reference Amplifiers, you aren't using the full design potential of either component class. With a DSP8000 you are getting close to the limits of magnet/cone speaker technology.

Mark
G68, baby Genelecs, Humax Foxsat, Oppo+Vanity93, Toshiba HD-A35, Pioneer CLD-925 + Meridian 519, various other random bits and bobs
Got a black G08.2 you want to sell?