Just got back home after a truly memorable day at Meridian HQ.

Fantastic to meet so many fellow Hikers, and to put faces to (pseudo)names. Particularly interesting that George (Mr Meridian) was about 25 years younger than I'd imagined and seemed blissfully unaware of his iconic status on the forum!!

The Mothership was incredibly hospitable, and wheeled out all the big guns for the occasion, which was humbling and very gratifying. I certainly felt that they really take this Forum seriously, and notice what goes on here.

As GMT said, getting a personal demo by Bob, of an unreleased / unannounced product - in his office! - doesn't happen everyday. I'm not sure how much we can say about this but the person who reported on another thread that

"I just heard from an excited dealer friend that the F80 is an amazing innovative product and that we will all want to own one as soon as we see it..."

was not wrong.

Many thanks to Nick for co-ordinating this, and to Bob and everyone at Meridian for a fantastic day.

Neil

Main listening room - DSP5200SE
Satellite(!) listening room - DSP3200, AC200, 818v3, 500, 504, MC200, Humax Foxsat HDR (for recording radio), Slingbox Solo
Townshend Elite Rock Turntable, Nakamichi RX-202E Cassette (for old times' sake)