Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Systems The Quasi-official HH CEDIA 2006 Q&A Session Thread

JK - us rustics in the PAL territories would like 576i too please!

BTW, here's the link to the answers from the Cedia 2005 Q&A session. Interesting that until HDMI 1.3 chips ship I can't see that many of the answers will have changed. Also worth noting that Meridian generally does not comment on future products.


My questions for Mother:


1) Dolby recommends the following speaker positioning:



THX recommends the following speaker positioning:



Given that Meridian writes its own implementation of algorithms, what surround speaker positioning would work best with their processors to correctly reproduce the soundfields? Should there be equal distance front-to-side and side-to-rear irrespective of seating position? And what about the width of the rears. This is particularly relevant in a 7.1 set-up with seating close to the back of the room.


2) With G68/861v4 bass management, is it possible to obtain a nominally flat all-channel response down to 20Hz with the following system (3x DSP5200, 4x DSP33, 1x SW5500) without having to crossover all speakers at the bass limit of the DSP33s?


3) Will it be possible for early adopters of the G68 to have the newer AAC board swapped into their processors?


Despite my comments about tight-lippedness:


4) Does Meridian feel there is any demand for a "G62" for owners of a single pair of DSP speakers? The 562V.3 is not a current model and does not have the quality of ADC present in the latest processors. Further, DSP loudspeakers only have two coaxial digital inputs.


5) Does Meridian feel there is any demand for a two-channel MRC product at a price point beneath the G68/861v4?


6) The 518 is still a great product that is used by many on these forums for resolution and dynamic-range enhancement of "non-perfect" sources. Does Meridian feel there would be any use for this 518-style enhancement functionality in any of the current G or 800 series products. If this functionality already exists, please would they tell us about it?


7) Does Meridian feel that combining (4), (5), and (6) into a single product would be a good idea?


8) What does Meridian feel is the best (non-hard disc) media player solution currently available? Would they like to get their arses in gear and produce a media player sometime soon, because we'd all like to buy and/or drool over one!!!