My brother and I both have Meridian 551 with Meridian A500 loudspeakers.

However, my system sounds much better for the addition of Meridian 555. In my experience, the method of connection with the speakers made a phenomenal difference.

Meridian once told me of some owners who connected two Meridian 557's to their A500's (apparently, they will bear the load easily - despite what the specs say).

Like the internal wiring of Meridian products, and after much experimentation, I opted for VanDenHul 'TeaTrack' loudspeaker cables (and VDH 102 interconnects).

BUT, the biggest difference came with the addition of a Meridian 518 'Digital Audio Processor' plus Meridian 24bit 566 - and that's the reason why my next upgrade will be to Meridian DSP Loudspeakers.


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