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Ex Demo - Meridian Audio DSP5200 Special Edition Active Loudspeaker - White (pair)
Ex Demo - Meridian Audio DSP5200 Special Edition Active Loudspeaker - White (pair)
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22 Saint Kilda Road
22 Saint Kilda Road
Suite 2.02
St Kilda VIC 3182
Australia
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Reference
Special Edition DSP5200
The Special Edition DSP5200 delivers ultimate high-resolution performance from a compact loudspeaker.
The additional DSP device used by the Special Edition loudspeakers doubles the available processing power allowing all audio, including MQA Core streams, to be rendered at 176.4/192kHz regardless of the incoming sampling rate. This results in increased resolution, detail and clarity to provide maximum fidelity from movie soundtracks as well as music.
Finishes
The DSP5200SE contains a complete matched audio system, giving the highest overall quality, lower power consumption and the performance of a traditional passive loudspeaker eight times the physical volume. Finished as standard in a piano lacquer black, the Special Edition Range is also available in any of the 270 Meridian Select colours. The range offers a choice of full range floor standing or horizontal centre channel options, for audio or home cinema solutions.
Features
Bespoke Signal Mapping
Meridian Bespoke Signal Mapping utilises digital signal processing to apply tailored crossover filters that are designed specifically for each configuration of drive units within a loudspeaker.
E3 Bass
Meridian E3 Bass uses specifically designed filters to expand, extend and enhance the low-frequency response of the loudspeaker.
FFA
FFA (Full Frequency Alignment) is a combination of digital filters and delays to correct the group-delay of a loudspeakers. It ensures that all frequencies reach the listener’s ear at the same time.
Q-Sync
Meridian Q-Sync deploys Meridian's multiple “First In, First Out” buffering system which minimises jitter, ensuring perfect timing and improved clarity.
Pro-Active Bass
Meridian Pro-Active Bass protects the bass drivers from over-excursion, ensuring maximum bass output without damaging the drive units.
Pro-Active Thermal
Meridian Pro-Active Thermal monitors the audio being sent to the mid-range drivers and tweeters and limits the overall volume of the loudspeaker if there is a risk of the drive units getting too hot.
True Time
True Time is Meridian's proprietary Apodising Filter that avoids pre-ringing and cleans up the effects of early filters, converting pre-echo to post-echo.
True Link
Meridian True Link is an encryption method for transferring high-definition digital audio over SPDIF connections. It allows secure movement of digital audio whilst ensuring that the SPDIF clock signal can be transmitted with minimum degradation.
Free-Q
Meridian Free-Q is used to compensate for acoustic problems associated with specific loudspeaker placement conditions.
The Special Edition Loudspeakers
Meridian’s goal has always been to reproduce the sound of the original performance exactly, and let nothing else get in the way.
The Reference series represent the pinnacle of Meridian’s loudspeaker design and development programme, making them the most advanced loudspeakers that Meridian has produced to date.
Built by hand in the UK, the Meridian Reference Special Edition range feature Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology. This ingenious, yet elegant design means that the loudspeaker enclosure contains the entire system’s electronics including its amplification. In common with the other loudspeakers in the Special Edition series, a suite of innovative Meridian technologies are also built in.
With its extensive Research and Development programme Meridian has pioneered the development of a host of innovative audio technologies many of which feature in today’s Meridian products.
AUDIO INPUTS
Meridian SpeakerLink (RJ45) & RCA phono digital inputs accepting 32kHz to 96kHz sampling rates at up to 24-bit
AUDIO OUTPUTS
Meridian SpeakerLink (RJ45) & RCA phono digital outputs delivering 32kHz to 96kHz sampling rates at up to 24-bit
PERFORMANCE
Peak SPL: 116dB at 1m (music material)
Noise less than 15dB SPL
Frequency response In room within 3dB: 35Hz - over 32kHz
AMPLIFIERS
3 x 75w (225 w)
Overall distortion typically <0.02% at any frequency or level
LOW-BASS DRIVER
160mm polypropylene long-throw
MID/BASS DRIVER
160mm polypropylene long-throw
BERYLLIUM DOME TWEETER
25mm (1”) Meridian piston in short-horn, beryllium dome with silver voice-coil
DISPLAY
Eight-character display with additional status indicators; can be blanked during use
DIMENSIONS / WEIGHT
WIDTH: 178mm [7in] tapering to 300mm [11.8in]
DEPTH: 220mm [8.7in] tapering to 360mm [14.2in]
FOOTPRINT (W x D): 300mm [11.8in] x 360mm [14.2in]
WEIGHT: 27kg [59.5lbs]
POWER
20W standby; 300W maximum