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Originally posted by GavinG:
Depends how cose you are to the herbacious borders and the ceiling hight of your pergolia LOL very funny. I am looking forward to detailed reviews of the F80.
Best regards,
Jerry
Main System: 861v6, DSP8000s in corners, DSP7000s Center and Sides, 1-9 humans.
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Paranoid android
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Is it too soon to know if it can be made multiregion? No deal-breaker, but nice to have.
Main System: Trinnov Altitude 32-8-16, 271, 2 x 8KXE, 1 x 8KPP, 6 x M6 Surrounds, Rel No.25, Oppo 203, Zappiti Pro 4K HDR, Roon, WiiM Mini.
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Seems like delivery is delayed. Hopefully early next week now 
Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).
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I got used to this pattern. Delays are part of the normal picture nowadays.
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Paranoid android
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Interesting review of F80 in Hi-Fi World May edition, especially the parting comments about wireless connectivity...
The reviewer clearly heard what we did on the visit, ie. the sound quality is way above anything similar (if anything can be thought of as similar) and many cheap separate systems.
Chris
Lounge/Cinema, Trinnov, DSP8000XE, 4x 320.2 in-ceiling, M6 rear, 2x DSW.2
Roon Nucleus+ and 320.2 in-ceiling in many rooms (KEF in-ceiling in bathrooms)
Spare: DSP5000, 598, 562v2, 500Mk2, 518, 519, 504, 101B, M3, 861v4, 800 DVD, MS600, MC200
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Originally posted by caldham:
Interesting review of F80 in Hi-Fi World May edition, especially the parting comments about wireless connectivity... Tease... Im going to have to find a local WH Smiths now...
Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).
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Sorry, didn't mean to tease:
It was just that he said it would be great if it had wireless connectivity, which was similar to some comments on the HH day.
That's all,
Chris
Lounge/Cinema, Trinnov, DSP8000XE, 4x 320.2 in-ceiling, M6 rear, 2x DSW.2
Roon Nucleus+ and 320.2 in-ceiling in many rooms (KEF in-ceiling in bathrooms)
Spare: DSP5000, 598, 562v2, 500Mk2, 518, 519, 504, 101B, M3, 861v4, 800 DVD, MS600, MC200
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Don't Panic!
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Originally posted by caldham:
It was just that he said it would be great if it had wireless connectivity, which was similar to some comments on the HH day. Quite simply, Meridian missed a trick here. I'm not surprised one bit that it has been picked up by a journalist. Incidentally, the journalist (David Price) reckoned that the DVD performance is bettered by an off-the-shelf �200 DVD player.
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Originally posted by VirusKiller:
Incidentally, the journalist (David Price) reckoned that the DVD performance is bettered by an off-the-shelf �200 DVD player. Presumably you mean video rather than audio? Audio wise, I would be disappointed, video wise its hardly going to be fantastic performance with only composite and s-video out where as I would expect a �200 DVD player to have better than that, if not upscaling and HDMI. For me its going to go into a 17" LCD display so I don't think the F80 will be the limiting factor.
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The Editors Note at the begining of Hi-Fi World May 2007 is very interesting on his thoughts about Meridian, The F80 and its relevance to the Hi-Fi industry in total.
Worth a read if, like me, you normaly dont bother.lol
Cheers, Chris
No 18 in the Hall of fame  I have simple tastes; I am content to settle for the best: GIK monster bass panels, rear wall. QNAP TVS 471i3. Roon into DSP5200SE via 210/ 218 zone... Explorer 2. Bluesound Pulse 2, Mini & Flex. 596v1, 518, Foxsat HD, Sony BDP, Pioneer 5090, 2 Chromecast's for LRB videos. MS200 to F80 for a Roon zone
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Hi All,
I visited the Hi Fi World Exhibition at the Park Inn Hotel Heathrow today (Sunday) where Meridian had the F80 on demo. I must say that for the size of the unit it sounds very good, in fact there were a few exhibitors who would have been embarrassed by the F80 in a A/B comparison in sound quality. Just as well I didn't take my dear wife, as I expect one would have been taking the place of my current system!!!!!
What did attract my attention was Music Matters demo of PMC's new EB1 speakers. They were being driven by a Meridian 808i and bridged G57 power amps. It was estimated that they were pumping 1KW apiece into the EB1's!!!! the result was "awesome".
My first visit to a Hi End exhibition was very enjoyable and interesting to see and hear the different interpretations on UK audiophile equipment - each to their own with some etc!!!
It was also good to talk to the manufacturers and put a face to a voice on the phone. Especially the guys from Meridian, thanks for answering my stream of questions.
Regards,
Barry.B
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