Surely the most receptive host would be a Meridian dealer.
I refer the honourable gentleman to my post on page 2...
My hope would be that a users convention would be more than a dream marketing exercise for Meridian or a dealer. If it is such, then they should be paying (Technosound stumped up for wine and munchies recently in Milton Keynes). See thread
here .
At this point, I don't think we've really decided what we want and, if my recent experience at Technosound is anything to go by, there would just be too many of us "experts" to enjoy a demo: We'd all want our own demo discs played, we'd all want to have a "play", and there wouldn't be enough time and/or kit for us to do this.
Personally, I feel that getting together to meet each other and to discuss our common interest over drinks and/or dinner would be a far more useful and satisfying exercise than a kit demo. And yes, why not a Meridian factory tour if this could be arranged? If you want to audition, then book a demo with your local M dealer (or a friend from these forums)...