M do have lots of components on display in the foyer at HQ . It really was something to offer 'future-proofing' and 'software updating ' in the 1990s . The problems came later when software updates became fewer and fewer and practically dried up completely ; the promised 24/192khz speaker software update never arrived ; and the second drive bay in the 800 was never fully realised ; ultimately owners were basically barred from updating their own expensive audio kit in an age of new mobile iPods/phones/tablets all of which improve performance with software updates for several years after purchase . Trinnov on the other hand always promote their Altitude as an ongoing work in progress at war with obsolescence in order to reward customer investment . The very first Altitude 32 is still used in the lab to test any new software and has regularly won awards for best in class for basically the same machine from 2014 ( minus updated HDMI ).

So , what Meridian should have become .....

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Mostly harmless. Comfortably numb.