I suspect the demand for upgrade kits was negligible as most people who wanted to upgrade and were in a position to do so have done so, and this allows Meridian to tidy up logistics, they can order speakers, cabinets and electronics in batches based on what they plan to manufacture and not have to build (expensive) slack into the supply chain to allow an unknown volume of adhoc upgrade kit purchases.

When I upgraded my 8k’s to SE’s (2016) the dealer said Meridian had no kits available so he got them to remove two from production, if true this is clearly no way to run a supply chain so in a way it is good to see them getting sorted, times are tough and Meridian need to do what is necessary to try to survive which in the current Covid 19 shutdown is far from certain.

Last edited by Ratbert; 2020-03-25 06:50.