Originally Posted by bxd
Meridian don't generally exhibit at the Bristol show (run by a rival dealer) but there is usually a small 'event' hosted by their local dealer. Meridian/MQA might well be present at the show, hosted by What HiFi.
Pioneer are usually present at the show, so they may be working on MQA enabled kit around that time. Pioneer/Onkyo are due to update their receivers (for DTS-X?) around this time, so they might try and introduce MQA as well.
You are right. Meridian always used to be part of the main show but then switched to offering their demonstrations at nearby Sevenoaks, presumably to save money (the number of brands present has fluctuated over the last few years). They sometimes had a small stall selling F80s etc. in the main show and last year they had a small MQA demonstration via headphones and sponsored by What Hi-Fi. Their main MQA demonstration was at Sevenoaks.

I expect and hope that there will be another, perhaps larger, MQA event at the main show this year and that Meridian will do something special at Sevenoaks. But this is all optimistic speculation on my part.

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