Hi,

I am new to this forum and new to Meridian.

I have always wanted to have a dream Hifi system an have finally, after dabbling with hifi in the 1980s, found myself in the fortunate position of having the funds to buy a serious system.

I am looking for a system that can support a basic 5.1 cinema setup, but am much more interested in the 2 channel performance. On the advice of my Home Cinema installer I am considering Meridian. We started at DSP5200SE front, with DSP3200 rears, DSW.2 Sub, DSP520.2 centre. UHD722 AND G65.

I went down to Huntingdon to demo the Kit and while there stupidly tried the DSP7200SEs and loved them. I am now even thinking about the DSP8000SEs!

My question is after doing some research, it seems like Meridian has changed since the founders and technical leads left. The company seems to be more focused on licensing agreements and concessions. No new products (other than the wall speakers) for years and a company now lead by a salesman (sorry, nothing wrong with salesmen by the way I was one myself) and not a technical geek.

I saw a YouTube video tour of the factory from pre-pandemic times and there was almost no-one in the building. I like the sound, I love Bob Stuart’s design principles and legacy, but am worried that either A. The company will withdraw from hardware manufacturing altogether or B. I may have missed something and they launch a bunch of new kit imminently, that will make my expensive purchase much less valuable. I know it doesn’t change the value to me of the kit that I am looking at, but it is a concern when you are looking at making such a large investment.

Hopefully, food for though.

Many thanks.