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The Raspberry Pi is produced in the UK and sells for less than £30.


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(Another) Duncan
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Working on the ultimate question
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The Explorer 2 USB DAC is hand made in UK (I assume in the Meridian factory) and lists in the US for $299.


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Your both correct in what you say, but these are smaller items that need less manufacture (if that term makes sense).
They are small items that take little storage and minimal handling when compared to an M80 or DSP speaker.
Knowone has to hand stitch the leather etc....
Thoughts, Chris


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GIK monster bass panels, rear wall. QNAP TVS 471i3. Roon into DSP5200SE via 210/ 218 zone... Explorer 2. Bluesound Pulse 2, Mini & Flex. 596v1, 518, Foxsat HD, Sony BDP, Pioneer 5090, 2 Chromecast's for LRB videos. MS200 to F80 for a Roon zone

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Yes, Naim's Mu-so and Qb are made in China!


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IIRC, during our HH2 visit, I was informed that the DSP8000 cabinet was imported from Korea.


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#2: Prime/PSU|SOtM sMS-200 Mini NEO SE|Focal Stellia
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Originally Posted by Ian
I had always assumed that M80 was a debadged F80 but was otherwise identical (unlike AD88). Iirc It still retained the composite construction which was touted as being key to F80 audio quality but I guess it was debadged due to a limited time cross brand license agreement but allowed Meridian to continue with the construction for a period of time or until it needed to source more/different cases. I wonder if the McLaren tie up had anything to do with it.

But I think that some of the F80 developments were combined with further DSP refinements and applied to work for Jaguar/Land Rover.


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Lovely M80 style product from Sonus Faber. Come on Meridian, you started the market and then disappeared from it!

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Reminds me of a shuttle craft from Star Trek. Could have been Stargate


Main system - Sources (Kodi-HTPC, Vero 4k, FireTV, Sat) into Trinnov Altitude 32 (8-16) (+Roon), Trinnov Amplitude 8 amp & Vivid Audio (Giya G3, V1.5) and REL Stentor III speakers. Others: F80 + Raspberry Pi and other Pi systems.
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A snip at $9,000 crazy


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I might get one for the garage.


Cinema: Meridian 271, 3 x DSP640 (behind screen), 4 x DSP320 (in-ceiling), 4 x DSP3100 (surrounds), 2 x AC12 (interface). 2 x Perlisten D12s subs, Lyngdorf MP40 processor. DT 145" 2.35 AT screen. Sony VW870 projector & S-T lens, Lumagen Radiance Pro.
Lounge: Roon, NUC, Kef LS50 Wireless + 2 x REL Gibraltar-2 subs

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It had better sound amazing because it looks nearly as ugly as those big B&O "flagship" DSPs, perhaps they're part of the same alien invasion fleet?

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