Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Systems 7200.2 recap?

Your 7200.2 are great speakers (I used to own a pair) and may sound fresher after a re-cap. But it won’t make them sound like a 7200SE. I recall being shocked when I heard the 7200SE while I was used to the 7200.2 as my daily driver at how different they sounded.

Have you heard the 7200SE?

The 5200SE is, in my opinion, a sideways step from 7200.2 - what you gain in some areas (finesse in the upper-mids/treble in 5200SE, for example), you lose in others (bass authority, scale and effortlessness in the 7200.2).

When I was purchasing the 7200.2 it was a direct choice for me between them and 5200SE and I directly demoed both side by side fed with an 808.6. Having lived with 7200.2 and heard both speakers in SE guise, my opinion hasn’t changed.

It really depends which of a number of things you feel the most important to you in music reproduction. If you want all the benefits and none of the drawbacks of changing speakers, you would need to look at 7200SE.