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There is the problem that "4" is unlucky in Chinese circles. Many hi-fi manufacturers avoid it in product numbering, including Meridian IIRC. Conversely, "8" is a lucky number in Chinese culture.
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What is the reatail on a pair of 5200s in the US?
Just wondering how much the M6's will retail for in the UK if they are $6000. Err, they're $8k, not $6k... Meridian's $8,000/pair M6 active DSP tower speaker combines a combination tweeter-midrange driver with a 6-inch downfiring woofer.
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In the US this then becomes pick your poison the $8K M6 or the $4K (each) DSP3300.
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Interesting, so at $6000 the M6's could have a UK retail of around �2500 I guess.
Probably more like �3000 though. I take it you're not a foreign exchange trader GizzE... You'd lose a lot of money offering that exchange rate.
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What is the reatail on a pair of 5200s in the US?
Just wondering how much the M6's will retail for in the UK if they are $6000. Err, they're $8k, not $6k... Meridian's $8,000/pair M6 active DSP tower speaker combines a combination tweeter-midrange driver with a 6-inch downfiring woofer. Oh right. Thought it sounded a bit good. So, reckon they will be �3500 then to match the mark up on other US products?
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Interesting, so at $6000 the M6's could have a UK retail of around �2500 I guess.
Probably more like �3000 though. I take it you're not a foreign exchange trader GizzE... You'd lose a lot of money offering that exchange rate. I was just thinking that if the �6500 5200s are $15000 (43%), that could possibly mean that the $6000 M6's could be �2500-3000. Had misread the price though. I have to say that is the only time I've ever seen the US price of something being so much higher than the UK price. Normally it is dollar for pound, or even less dollar wise. Is everything in the US so much more expensive?
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Generally not. Like you say dollar for pounds, but depends on the product.
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FWIW, Meridian US Prices ($) are almost exactly Twice the Meridian UK � Prices
So that would make these Speakers about �4,000 per pair
Also IMHO, the 818 seems to me to be an 808.3........but without the CD Drive.......all other Inputs and Functionality remain the same.........including the Case Design, given the 8xx Model Number
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Generally not. Like you say dollar for pounds, but depends on the product. I meant everything else in the Meridian line up.
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Today's tweet: Something new is coming from Meridian ... 5 days to go. 10th January 2012 Click here to be among the first to... http://fb.me/187MX7teZ Got to laugh really! I have to confess that I despise carefully choreographed corporate marketing, love it when it goes wrong, and am currently enjoying a mild dose of Schadenfreude. Having said that, I did manage to hold myself back from replying to Meridian's December 21 tweet with that over-eager link. 
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Re the M6 speakers.
Conical form. Wrapped in speaker cloth. Didn't B&O do this with the BeoLab 9s at about the same price point? I had a pair of Kef Concorde IVs back in the day that used this approach. Kef used it as a cost cutting exercise; under the cloth was a plain chipboard construction painted black; cheap, but all the user could see was the cloth. My guess is that underneath Meridian will be using some of the extrusion technologies from the F80 and Evoque.
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