Something else to consider is that all Meridian products are UK Made and they are very proud of this.
This means they cannot benefit from a low wage economy or major economies of scale.

John’s very words, “I think it looks cool”. He appeared (To Me) surprised at comments on its overall look. I think we have to consider the price and speed of development if it had a more sexy looking case.
The discussion raised the issue of the time it took Meridian to bring an MQA solution to market. Especially as people had spent a lot of money to have the very best audio systems. The consensus was that it seemed longer than the 6 months ish it actually was.
MQA was known about and discussed a long time before it’s official commercial release and this inevitably led to frustration.


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