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Wow, Not everyday that you see a manufacturer cut prices by 40%/33% on average. Are the adjustments the same for North America, or is there a currency adjustment in there? I always have felt the G55/G57 amps are some of the best in the market, but was just brutally expensive, new. In the end, M gear must have been hard to move, when your trying to move DSP's. "Oh, and you also need one of these at $$$", to get most from your DSP's, must be tough. Given the fairly muted response on this board to the G65, that isn't a surprise. Difficult not to proceed with caution at this point with any of this gear? Especially anything where you might be expecting hardware/software update? James, are there other items on the US list, not listed here? Not surprised 818 or 808 are not listed, as their the most up to date and relevante items M sells today. Though a 40% price cut on the 818 would certainly move more metal! 
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Primary: MD600, MS200 (SpeakerLink to AES), Trinnov ST-2, Ayre V6-xe, Salk SS8 3x LRC.
Secondary: MC600 (whole house).
Zone one: 568.2, G57, MS200, Spatial Hologram M2SE.
Zone 2-6 (Awaiting assignment).
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I just sent you a copy to your email. No other additions.
James
NC1: 861v8, ID41, 218, 251(to outdoors), DSP8000SEUG, 7200SEC, DSP520 rears, Apple TV, DirecTV, Oppo BD103, QNAP251, Roon
NC2-M7005, Triad Silver Speakers,Acurus Amps
FL1: 861v4, ID40, 218, MS200, DSP8000SEs, DSP7200SEC, DSP5000s, DirecTv, AppleTv, OppoBD103, QNAP469, Roon
FL2: Marantz 7005, 251, M60s,60C,33s, Oppo BDP-93,MS200, Roon
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Interesting, I think the commentary is interesting. I assume this comes from Meridian North America. About the most honest I have seen a manufacturer be in the space. Oh Meridian, you are an enigma. As Meridian America continues to grow our sales and support efforts in the US, we have been evaluating the market on additional ways we can increase our business and get Meridian into as many customer’s homes as possible. We have responded with key products, our Design and Specification Service, new solutions for installation, and additional control solutions; all of which have had very positive impacts on our business. We have also been evaluating our product pricing, and have decided to make some very positive changes to help you offer Meridian products to more potential buyers. By making these changes, we believe we further strengthen our value proposition, and we can significantly increase our sales rate.
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Primary: MD600, MS200 (SpeakerLink to AES), Trinnov ST-2, Ayre V6-xe, Salk SS8 3x LRC.
Secondary: MC600 (whole house).
Zone one: 568.2, G57, MS200, Spatial Hologram M2SE.
Zone 2-6 (Awaiting assignment).
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Given that we have had a year of being unsure regarding "what is coming?" and when "MQA will be made available?", I would guess there must have been significant impact on Meridian sales. Other than speakers, any one with an inkling of all the discussions on this forum would have been keeping their wallets firmly shut. I'm sure Meridian are pushing behind the scenes as hard as they possibly can to get things moving and enable dealers to start shifting units. I guess they have a clear incentive to move any existing stocks asap.
I could be completely wrong and Meridian's cash flow might be very healthy for all I know.
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Meridian have lowered the pricing for many good reasons.
For some, the new prices mean that these aspirational products are now at a price point which may have been out of reach from others.
Cheers,
Ian.
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I think it has been more or less confirmed that the MS200 will be replaced.
[no inside knowledge] I don't mean to be difficult but can you say who has confirmed that the MS200 is to be replaced and where?
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I'm sure Meridian are pushing behind the scenes as hard as they possibly can to get things moving and enable dealers to start shifting units. I guess they have a clear incentive to move any existing stocks asap. This makes Meridian's abandonment of Bristol all the more bizarre.
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It's all B2B these days... 
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That is not much use if your potential end customers do not know you exist.
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I don't mean to be difficult but can you say who has confirmed that the MS200 is to be replaced and where? It's a bit like Riemann's Hypothesis - most people believe it to be true but nobody can prove it. There's quite a lot of chat on the subject - try the "MS200 MQA Support" thread among others. Sorry I can't be more specific.
Streaming: Roon, NUC, QNAP869 NAS
2ch system: dCS Vivaldi, Audionet Stern, Audionet Heisenberg, Magico Q1
Retro system: 101/104/105, Red Rose Spirit
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US Prices
3200 $4,000pr
3300 $2,000ea
M6 $5,000pr
G65 $5,000
G55 $5,000
G57 $5,000
HD621 $2,000
AC200 $1,500
MC200 $2,000
MS600 $2,000
8000.2 $60,000pr
James
NC1: 861v8, ID41, 218, 251(to outdoors), DSP8000SEUG, 7200SEC, DSP520 rears, Apple TV, DirecTV, Oppo BD103, QNAP251, Roon
NC2-M7005, Triad Silver Speakers,Acurus Amps
FL1: 861v4, ID40, 218, MS200, DSP8000SEs, DSP7200SEC, DSP5000s, DirecTv, AppleTv, OppoBD103, QNAP469, Roon
FL2: Marantz 7005, 251, M60s,60C,33s, Oppo BDP-93,MS200, Roon
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This is great news for our Norwegian consumers as the £ has gone +40% against NOK.
And these prices it's great to get even more into the universe of Meridian.
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