Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Systems Job losses at Meridian Huntingdon (and the state of the economy)

Ok, this is terrible news particularly for anyone directly affected, but this thread has descended into such a slough of despond that I rather regret starting it. The fact is that it's not the first time that Meridian has had to make redundancies and it probably won't be the last. While I accept that they are probably not doing brilliantly in the current economic climate, neither are they acting like a firm in meltdown.

Let's look at some of the active things they have done recently: a complete new line of Sooloos products with a lower entry ticket including a C10/15-like iPad UI that costs nothing if you own a core; a new line of smaller digital speakers and means to drive them; new subs; a free firmware upgrade that makes significant sonic improvements to many products (including some flagship products; an automotive audio product; the anniversary system which focuses on improving the flagship products; opening a number of boutiques in places where people are likely to be well enough off to afford high-end. We hope to see an M80 replacement shortly. Across the board the SQ is still stunning. Not everyone welcomes all these developments but nevertheless the firm is acting very much like it has a future in hardware and software.

There have been bad economic times in the past (anyone remember the three-day week?) and high end audio has survived because there have always been people who care enough about high quality music reproduction. So while this news is very bad for anyone directly affected and obviously bad for M, let's not announce their demise prematurely or talk the firm down.