Originally Posted by gIzzE
However, I bought one of the last pairs of non speakerlink 5200s, and because of this Meridian would not replace them with a new pair of 5200s as they only had speakerlink, but I think that is pretty poor.
The fact was they were faulty, it was not the dealers fault that they had changed the spec. of the speaker, and the dealer shouldn't have had to take the hit on it.
@gIzze

Isn't there more to this story than you are letting on? IIRC you have mentioned on this forum a while back that you bought your new 5200's really cheap as they were the last non SL 5200's around. And I have a copy of a PM to me when you were haggling over the price of my 5200's that I was selling, you stated that a dealer had a pair coming at �3000 and said that another dealer a year previously had a new pair on hold for you at �3250. So either this was BS to get me to drop my price or you got a real bargain.

If it was a real bargain, and you got your speakers new at �3000-�3250 (or there about), I can't get my head around why it is 'pretty poor' that Meridian should not swap these (SL had been out at least 6 months previously) 'new' �3000 speakers for a brand new latest spec pair costing near �7000. IMHO the dealer did the right thing and offered a refund or repair.

As for delays, does Meridian, like other manufacturing companies, still largely close down over some Summer months? If so, this can delay repairs. IIRC that my 568-568.2mm/596-598 upgrades took about 6 weeks due to the factory being closed for August.

Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).