I hope the company does well with the speaker and that it helps ensure their longer term existence.

On spec it appears to be a high output, full bandwidth system in a modest sized enclosure, compared to the 8000XE’s size. Some angles really remind me of the 7000, took me time to accommodate to those in my lounge but I prefer them over the 6000s. If I had a bigger space I might feel differently.

I’ll unlikely never own a new Meridian DSP but will always be intrigued to hear them.


Main: Marantz SR8015 / Polk Audio Reserve R500 / Bang & Olufsen Beolab 4 / Arendal 1961 1V / Oppo 203 / WiiM Pro Plus / Apple TV 4K

Spare: G68ADV, HD621,DSP5000.2 & DSP5000.2 HC. ATC SCM20PSL, C3C. Rotel RMB-1077. Bang & Olufsen Beolab 1 & Beolab 7.1. Kef Q150. Dynaudio Xeo 2.