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