Who cares about DVD-A? I mean, really. Meridian still gets it's slice of the pie in the form of MLP licensing without having to waste money developing players. People who want to play DVD-A already have their players. And Meridian still support their customers who own their DVD-A players.

SACD is a broken format. Why support it, ever. DVD-A doesn't bring much in audible terms to the table that isn't available in redbook. And even then poor mastering can degrade a DVD-A well below what it's capable of.

Meridian is absolutely right to ignore these formats and move on.

As for dealers, etc, I agree more that without exposure how will people come to hear about Meridian. But then again, my exposure to them was always at shows, through word of mouth and through magazine reviews, not dealers. When it was time for me to try Meridian out they organised a private demo in a stately home. Can't ask much more than that laugh

Mark

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