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"Something New" from Meridian...
So Meridian just sent out this teaser via email and on the website:
I saw a separate article where at a recent dealer event, Meridian siad they were launching 3 new products at CES. Anyone with inside knowledge on this teaser and the other new products coming? Jeff |
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Yup, but my lips are sealed.
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Teasers are exciting. Could it be that one of these new products is a new compact system since the M80 will be phased out in a couple of months?
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It sounds like one announcement will be related to the iPad and the Sooloos systems.
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Because I'm impatient, I wish Meridian had done something like what Dynaudio did for their CES teaser instead:
Dynaudio - All there is. I prefer the build vs. a quick tease and then nothing until the reveal. It will be interesting to see if one vs the other generates more pre CES buzz. Of course, what will matter in the end is the details of the products actually revealed and all of this pre stuff won't be remembered by anyone but the most faithful. Still though, I think any company who launches significant new products at CES has a tough time making a dent through the avalanche of news that comes out of it. In the end, I hope that both companies have something awesome to debut so that we as consumers have even better choices! Jeff |
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I know there is a review of the Meridian Media Core 200 and small DSP-3200 speakers in the current issue of Hi Fi Choice. These look very interesting.
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Quote:
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Jeff
Those were just the latest units I have read about from Meridian. They could be releasing more product at CES according to the teaser you posted. Jim |
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Early press release posted on the Meridian Hitchhiker's forum:
"New Price, Design For Meridian Speakers (TWICE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The company is also launching an upgraded Sooloos-controlling iPad app, which now performs all of the functions of the touchscreen that comes with the $7,500 Sooloos Control 15 music server but can be paired with Sooloos music servers priced down to $4,000. In speakers, the company's new M6 two-way tower speaker is shaped like a cylinder that narrows at the top. Its dense, braced molded cabinet is covered in cloth in sharp contrast with more traditional Meridian cabinet designs, which feature flat surfaces, MDF cabinets and laquered finishes. The new design also sports a smaller footprint than the company's other towers, coming in at about 1 meter high and 10 inches in diameter. The two-way speaker, shipping in February, was developed to meet dealer demand for a lower priced tower, said CEO Peter Wellikoff. The company's other active DSP speakers range in price from a $6,000 bookshelf pair to a $65,000/pair tower. The M6 is covered in cloth except for the bottom portion, which consists of a black metal-cast housing. The speaker combines a combination tweeter-midrange driver with a 6-inch downfiring ported woofer that delivers high power handling with deep bass extension, Wellikoff said. With its lack of edges that would create diffraction distortion, the speaker delivers spectacular imaging, Wellikoff said. The speaker incorporates all of Meridian's core DSP technologies as well as Speak-erLink connection technology. SpeakerLink delivers balanced 96kHz/24-bit digital audio and control signals over up to 300 feet over CAT-5e RJ-45-terminated cable from Meridian components to DSP speakers. For its new Sooloos app for iPads, Meridian is going beyond the limited control and information display of its first app to ;emulate everything a Control 15 [touchscreen] can do; including display of high-resolution graphics as well as fast metadata display, Wellikoff said. The free app is due in January, A third new product is the $15,000 Reference preamp 818, shipping in February. It controls the company's Sooloos music servers. Meridian's $8,000/pair M6 active DSP tower speaker combines a combination tweeter-midrange driver with a 6-inch downfiring woofer. 2012 International Press Telecommunications Council " Jeff |
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From today's edition of "The Mail", they have a picture of the M6
In my opinion, they're not very pretty... Jeff |
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