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Meridian's M80 Compact Entertainment System is Now Available

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Written by Dick Ward

Thursday, 05 August 2010

Meridian's M80 Compact Entertainment System is Now Available

The M80 from Meridian is an unassuming shelf system that packs quite a few features. The exterior is fantastic looking and is clad in British leather. You can choose from three colors – ivory, obsidian, and chestnut. According to Meridian, each leather cover is made by hand, and takes an hour to complete.

Inside the M80 you'll find an 80-watt 2.1 DSP stereo system that includes a rear mounted subwoofer. In addition to analog and digital inputs on the rear, the M80 also includes a CD/DVD drive and an AM/FM digital tuner.

If you're an iPod user, you'll be glad to know that every M80 comes with an i80 iPod dock that allows you to charge your device and play music. You can select songs directly from your iPod or via an included remote. The Merdian M80 is available now at an MSRP of $2,995.

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DavePage - Another lame Meridian media centre

|2011-02-06 10:19:28

No bluray, no dvda to go with the dvdv, no component out (s-video?!, really?),
no hdmi, no internet radio, etc., etc.

Everywhere this is reported, people
simply say "Fail". Yes, it probably sounds fab, and will knock spots of
anything Bose, but so it should from an audiophile company, particularly given
that it is almost 10 x the price.

The problem is one of features; this item is
spec'd as if it were 2001 not 2011. Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't give it a
moving coild phono stage, so retrogressive is this product.

As Meridian seem
incapable of properly specifying the optical disc section in the F or M series
(and ignore email queries from potential customers in this case), perhaps they
should think about getting with the programme by dropping the disc drive
altogether and producing a version with SD and USB inputs only, alongside cheap
to implement internet radio. Provide a properly engineered remote handset -- one
with proper numerical track access instead of the lame 'previous' and 'next'
options of the current F and M series remotes, they might have a winner on their
hands. Might I also suggest that they fit an internal 128GB SSD, given the cost
of the unit. if this thing had mass storage and could output video signals on
quality connectors, it would really fly.

To think that one half of Boothroyd
Stuart Meridian are charged with apparently award-winning industrial desigen
simply beggars belief given the slapdash way these media centres are thrown
together...

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