Essential Install | Meridian
Sounds Too Good To Be True
Meridian Audio is celebrating its 40 th birthday this year , at a time when its future has never looked more promising . Rayner Sheridan , director of marketing at Meridian , tells EI what to expect from the British Hi-Res Audio pioneers in the near future .
The Meridian 218 zone controller and 258 power amplifier are designed to offer quality at a new price point
Meridian is delighted to be celebrating its 40 th anniversary this year . As we move towards this momentous occasion , we are excited to share news of our upcoming products and partnerships , how we will continue to provide outstanding support to our dealers and the events that we will be participating in to demonstrate our new products and services .
We recently launched our 218 zone controller and 258 power amplifier . Both products were developed with the philosophy that anyone should be able to enjoy Meridian quality sound , regardless of the system they already have installed . Both products can be integrated with ease into existing audio and multi-zone media systems , using Meridian ’ s unique up-sampling technology to improve the audio quality significantly . The 218 and 258 form part of our 200 series of products , focused specifically on the home technology integrator market . As we continue to celebrate our 40 th anniversary throughout 2017 , we look forward to introducing new , innovative products in this series that will help us deliver a comprehensive home theatre , multi-room audio solution .
We have been delighted with the reception to the 218 and 258 . Scott Stidston of Australian integrator Wavetrain commented : “ The 218 provides fast and dynamic audio with outstanding detail and timing that would put most DACs to shame . Integrators using the 218 need to think carefully about the speakers they specify ; Meridian ’ s little box of magic delivers real , Hi-Res Audio and clients need to be provided with speakers that will do it justice .” Chris Forman of Innovative Audio Video NY , who has been working with the 258 power amplifier says : “ The 258 sounds simply fantastic . At such a competitive price we didn ’ t expect it to deliver such phenomenally powerful , high quality audio . The highest praise I can give it is that we will be using the 258 in all installations going forward , to make sure that our clients get the very best experience .”
32 | May 2017