Originally Posted by Crion
1 Week now into the DC-jack mod with Meridian 210 and the IFI ipower Elite external SMPS.

This is such a wonderful sonic upgrade, the Meridian SQ is just enhanced, no character is changed but increasing the transparency, resolution and power. The distorsion/ripple is just amazingly low. So you hear more and any distorsion is lowered over the WHOLE frequency spectrum.
This puts the 210 on my radar for any future second system.

Seems a bit mad that Meridian didn't release a non-installation version with a better looking box and either a better built-in, or provision for an external, PSU. Their product lineup is screaming for a product between the price of the 218/210 and the 800 series which still looks great on a shelf and sounds fantastic...

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