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Hello, New owner of old DSP5000's here. On a half-whim I bought a pair of DSP5000's. They are 18-bit and a bit tatty, but only cost me �499. A few hours of elbow grease later and all the scratches are gone, the fading is gone, and all polished up to a very respectable finish. Very happy with these! Anyway, I didn't notice in the auction pictures that these had granite plinths attached to the bottom - came as a little surprise when I went to pick them up. Having looked at other photos I don't see any others with plinths. Am I to take it that these are not Meridian original plinths? Good or bad? Anyone recognise these? I took some snaps: DSP5000 plinthsI also opened them up to check the electronics, as I am going to assume these are 20 years old. Nothing bad there I can see (apart from the odd spider's web). If you're interested, you can see pics of the guts here: DSP5000 innardsNext job: replacing the grill cloth...
Cinema: DSP5000 (18 bit), DSP5000C, DSP33, 568.1, Quad L-Sub
Music: DSP5000 (24 bit), MS200 + Reviver, Roon
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Paranoid android
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Welcome to the forum!
The plinths are not originally from Meridian but look to be well made and certainly can't do any harm. Stability is good and may protect the cabinet and grill from the dreaded vacuum cleaner.
Neil
1) MS200, G65, Revivers, DSP5000.2, DSP5000C.2, DSP3100, D1500, SME10/IV.
2) Mac Mini (Roon), Explorer 2, Sennheiser HD6XX.
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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Hi,
Welcome to the forum, I see from the photos you've powered them up. What do you think of the sound?
Regards,
Carl
861v6+ID40, HD621, 8000.2, 7200HC, 7200.2, SKYQ Silver, PS3, PDP-LX6090, QNAP TS870-Pro (8*6TB), Roon, iPadAir2.
[In Reserve] C15, MD600 (2*3TB), TwinStore RM (2*2TB)
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Hello Shiggins, I still have trio of 18 bit 5Ks, wired up in my legacy system. They are classics, of course bettered in latest Meridian technology, but I am sure you will be very happy with them.
I am located just down the A3 from you so if you need some help give me a shout.
Best regards
Huw
#1 52KSE 218 LG OLED Sony BRay, Sonos Beam 2
#2 52KSE 218 Pana LED Zenith 2 Naim Muso2
#3 Teac X1 CD, G68, 562v3 518 568 556 G98DH 5K,5KHC 24/96,MS600,Systemdek I920, Ortofon M520, Synthèse Floating 2 Thorens TD160 Ortofon M15e Pioneer DAT Panny Plasma,Humax,BRay.
#4 Panasonic 4K LED Sonos Beam 2
#5 F80 MS200 iDock Sonos Move
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Mostly harmless
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Loving them so far. Coming from small standmounts (Quad 12l) I am continually impressed by the depth and tightness of the bass. In fact, impressed all round and can't stop listening to music and rediscovering old albums. Something I didn't expect was how well they work at low volumes.
Originally I only came to these forums to see how much I could get for my G08 but ended up getting hooked on the idea of DSPs!
Cinema: DSP5000 (18 bit), DSP5000C, DSP33, 568.1, Quad L-Sub
Music: DSP5000 (24 bit), MS200 + Reviver, Roon
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Knows where his towel is
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Lovely photographs may I upload them to Duncans info site, link at top of every page.
Using plinths whilst increasing stability is raising a fixed boundary height. It may make little difference, but the relationship between floor and speaker has changed.
Regards I
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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Something I didn't expect was how well they work at low volumes. That's part of the 'magic' with DSP's. Glad your enjoying them I had 18 bit 5k's for years and years and I loved them. Then I went a mad with upgrades  Regards, Carl
Last edited by Carl; 2014-05-05 04:48. Reason: added 'bit' ;)
861v6+ID40, HD621, 8000.2, 7200HC, 7200.2, SKYQ Silver, PS3, PDP-LX6090, QNAP TS870-Pro (8*6TB), Roon, iPadAir2.
[In Reserve] C15, MD600 (2*3TB), TwinStore RM (2*2TB)
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Mostly harmless
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Thanks for the offer of help, Huw. I had some fun just setting left/right, master/slave, so I'm sure I'll need assistance after the inevitable controller purchase. Mi', sure, feel free to upload the photos to Duncan's info site. I'd feel slightly honured 
Cinema: DSP5000 (18 bit), DSP5000C, DSP33, 568.1, Quad L-Sub
Music: DSP5000 (24 bit), MS200 + Reviver, Roon
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I had 18 5k's for years and years Was this some monster 13.5 uber-surround-configuration we haven't been told about? Or two 7.2 configurations in different rooms? ;-)
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My 5Ks are on similar-looking granite plinths too, though they were a later addition of mine, not bought at the same time.
�499 is a super bargain. Well done.
Enjoy the music.
(Another) Duncan
Regards,
(Another) Duncan
Main: DSP6k, HD621, Oppo93, PS5, HP 800 G5 Mini, Hitachi 58HK6100U
Kitchen: M80+Echo Show 8" Office: Echo V1
Bedroom: F80+Echo DotV3 Boxed: MS200 x2, DSP5K x 4
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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My post has been updated
861v6+ID40, HD621, 8000.2, 7200HC, 7200.2, SKYQ Silver, PS3, PDP-LX6090, QNAP TS870-Pro (8*6TB), Roon, iPadAir2.
[In Reserve] C15, MD600 (2*3TB), TwinStore RM (2*2TB)
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Photos of the innards look fine. It's amazing how well these hold up! I have a pair of 18-bitters too and they still operate well considering they are almost 20 years old!
Theater: 861v4_LPS, 818v3, HD621, Oppo 203, Lumagen Pro, DSP8000SE, DSP5500C, SW1600x2, DSP5500, Epson 6040UB, PS4
Living room: 861v4_LPS, HD621, DSP8000SE, DSP5200C, Oppo 203, Lumagen 2143, 818v3, Sooloos/MC600 Bluesound Node
Bedroom: M80
office: G68D, DSP6000
Garage: DSP5000
Storage: M33s, DSP33s, DSP5k, 501, 518, M1500, G98DH, SW1600
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