There will probably be two serial numbers on back of the 5000's, often one is in the acoustic port. One is for cabinet, one for electronics.

As a general rule of thumb, if either of the serial numbers starts with a 2 or 3, they will be 96/24.

If one starts with 1 and the other starts with 2, they are probably 18bitters upgraded to 96/24 electronics.


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