I’m not sure there’s no love for the 210 at Meridian, I assume they’ve spent a lot on R&D and manufacture. Isn’t it generally understood/suspected they are being held up waiting for approval from one of the services they intend to support? If so, it would be beyond their control and just as frustrating to them, I’m sure.

I think the biggest issue here is just a lack of communication - say the above were true, it would cut through a lot of bad feeling if they were to merely confirm that’s the case.

I too do not wish Meridian to become a manufacturer of speakers only. However, can you not get MQA into your SEs with any of the other solutions available from Meridian (818/808/200 series? Was there something specific to the 210 which made it indispensable for this in your setup?

HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: Oppo BDP-105, TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, 551, Quad 303, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, Kimber cables, Russ Andrews mains and supports.
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200SL, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 502