Ian, you make great points there, you should be in F80 sales.
Its exactly that sort of perspective that sales people seem to miss out on and do not convey to clients. ALl they know is price. The price of everything and the value of nothing.
You will remember the quality long after you have forgotten the price.

You and I could sell F80's easily and the reason is simple; We own one, we live with one, we are enthusiastic and understand the benefits. we could do great demo's and on and on.....

Sales staff I have met do not have that perspective and just say"its great quality", but I dont feel any enthusiasm or knowledge based on personal experiance comming across.
This is the area Meridian should be concentrating on. Educate people that its not all about price. Aspiration. Cheap things aint good and good things aint cheap!!!!

Cheers, Chris smile

No 18 in the Hall of fame smile 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