If you’re considering between 7200.2/SE and 5200SE, my experience is that 7200.2 is an exceptional speaker. I did extensive demo between these and 5200SE, which at the time used/ex-demo respectively, were the same price, give or take.

The 5200SE are very nice, no question, but the 7200.2 was a much better speaker overall, especially in terms of midrange clarity, scale, authority, effortlessness, deeper, cleaner bass and slam. Yes, the 5200SE has the beryllium tweeter and the wide-band amps, but the 7200 has a very good dedicated midrange driver, Meridium cabinet, deeper bass and over twice the power in each amp. All of this makes a huge difference.

It was a slightly closer choice when I was listening, which was before Meridian firmware upgraded the 7200.2 to process MQA. Once they did this, after I had owned them for a year or two, it was like a new speaker and sounded truly wonderful.

Although slightly taller and much heavier, once they’re in the room, they don’t look too big as the frontal aspect is not that much bigger than 5200. It’s only the depth which is significantly larger.

HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, Avondale S100, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 551, 502