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Le Chef

I had a Marantz CD52 and a pair of Wharfdale Active Diamond bookshelf speakers. The player cost me �80 at Richer Sounds and the speakers were a hand-me-down from my brother.

I had this �80 system for 15 years and then decided, after much research to get a proper system.

I love the Meridian stuff - in particular the DSP speakers. Such a clean and unfettered sound.

The 596 player is decent, although I had to have the drive replaced and the 561 is also a good controller.

I think Meridian could have made the systems somewhat more user friendly and integrated - they should have used the "Apple" philosophy, but seem to have inherited the "MSDOS" style.

Very happy overall.

Having said all of that, my neighbour has an Arcam DVD player, Meridian power amp and the top of the line Castle speaker. This also sounds awsome for CD playback......