Meridian Ellipse Wireless Streaming Speaker

Streaming Speakers

True Meridian Performance – Distilled

Meridian Ellipse

Discover Meridian’s first high-performance all-in-one streaming speaker. Elegant, Simple, Powerful.

Meridian Ellipse is the third loudspeaker to emerge from our Extreme Engineering Programme, producing a natural, authentic and lifelike sound which is immersive and room-filling. Ellipse is designed for music enjoyment: with a bass response usually associated with much larger speakers, Ellipse has complete control over the sound it plays, so your music is projected into the room with clarity and authority.

Ellipse is a complete Meridian system in a compact form factor. It is a distillation of everything we do, and it enables you to experience Meridian’s renowned sound quality in any room. Made in Britain using premium craftsmanship, its design is undeniably Meridian.

Awards

EISA Best Product Winner 2024-2025

"The Ellipse proves high-fidelity is possible from a compact, wireless speaker. Marrying a trio of active drivers to a powerful DSP platform, its performance showcases superb clarity, deep bass and – if required – a room-filling output".

TD Best Product 2024

The Technology Designer Performance Home Awards recognizes and honors excellence and innovation for design, technical achievements and user experiences for smart home products and intelligent system design work.

Streaming Speakers

Meridian Ellipse

Beautiful to look at, Ellipse is designed to subtly elevate any space. Its elliptical design signature echoes the design of other Meridian products. In combination with its harmonious curves, Ellipse boasts a luxuriously smooth, pebble-like surface in a deep, non-reflective black. Its soft and subtle finish is inviting to the touch, adding an element of style and sophistication to any modern living space. A perfect synthesis of function and form, within a timeless aesthetic.

Works with

Apple AirPlay

Use of the Works with Apple AirPlay badge means that an accessory has been designed to work specifically with the technology identified in the badge and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards.

Google Cast

Google Cast is a trademark of Google LLC.

Bluetooth

Allows audio to be played directly from a phone, tablet or computer - whether or not the 210 is connected to a network.

Spotify Connect

Use your phone, tablet or computer as a remote control for Spotify. Go to spotify.com/connect to learn how.

Tidal Connect

High Fidelity Music Streaming.

Roon Ready

Being Roon Ready means that Ellipse uses Roon streaming technology, for an incredible user interface, simple setup, rock-solid daily reliability, and the highest levels of audio performance, without compromise.

UPnP

UPnP™ is a trademark of the UPnP™ Forum.

Ellipse offers superb flexibility with Bluetooth wireless technology and Wi-Fi streaming, while an Ethernet socket provides the option of a wired network connection.

Supports AirPlay and works with Google Cast, as well as native streaming from Spotify Connect and TIDAL Connect. It is a Roon Ready device and can be used as a UPnP renderer.

Twelve of Meridian’s unique DSP technologies make Ellipse capable of handling rooms of any size without compromise on sound quality.

Bass & Space

Meridian Bass & Space is a stereo enhancing technology designed to optimise and increase the sense of soundstage width.

E3 Bass (Expand, Extend, Enhance)

Meridian E3 bass uses specifically designed filters to expand, extend and enhance the low-frequency response of the loudspeaker.

Q-Sync

Meridian Q-Sync deploys Meridian's multiple “First In, First Out” buffering system which minimises jitter, ensuring perfect timing and improved clarity.

Image Focus

Image focus corrects for off-centre listening, ensuring that the original soundstage is maintained

Free-Q

Meridian Free-Q is used to compensate for acoustic problems associated with specific loudspeaker placement conditions.

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.

Perfect Balance

Meridian Perfect Balance technology ensures that as the volume of the system varies there is no perceived loss of low and high frequencies, and spectral balance is maintained at all volume levels.

Bespoke Signal Mapping

Meridian Bespoke Signal Mapping delivers an optimal response from multi-way loudspeakers, ensuring that all drive units complement one another, providing a consistent response at all frequencies.

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.

Digital Precision

Meridian Digital Precision maximises the signal-to-noise ratio of the digital audio, ensuring the finest details of every song are retained.

Image Elevation

Image elevation psychoacoustically raises the sound image to the centre of a screen – where the listener would expect to hear it from.

State-Of-The-Art-Craftmanship

Each component has been meticulously specified for its acoustic benefits, aesthetic contribution, or both. Meridian Ellipse is rigorously engineered to deliver that Meridian signature sound performance in any room as well as being beautiful to look at and easy to use.

Cutting-Edge Performance

Ellipse takes the technological, engineering and manufacturing innovations in Meridian DSP8000 XE and DSP9 and distills them in a compact but extremely powerful package. An incredibly inert, perfectly sealed cabinet encloses powerful drive units and sophisticated signal-enhancing technologies. Unique control options, including Image Elevation technology and the innovative Bass and Space feature, allow the listener to tailor the sound to listening preferences, background noise levels, room size, and speaker placement.

Effortless Simplicity

Control at your fingertips. Playback functions fall easily to hand by virtue of the illuminated touch controls built into the top of the unit. Ellipse is easy to use and yet it supports a rich feature set which offers flexible set-up options and powerful user-settings.

Engineered, designed and manufactured to deliver goosebumps, Ellipse epitomises our unique and unrivalled approach to audio playback.

The Ellipse redefines what can be achieved from a product of its size.

Reviews

Ellipse Review - Stereo Guide

"At least one thing is clear after a few bars: no competitor in its class (and above) can match the Meridian’s bass foundation. Not only does it sound deep and clean, but its bass is also powerful, with an accurate and dry kick."

Ellipse Review - Lite

"Despite the digital magic box called DSP, the timbre of all components seems very natural, the flow is musical and the sound is far away from the stereotypical "digital sound"."

Ellipse Review: What Hi-Fi?

"It was easy to be impressed by the scale of the sound on offer. Trade show stands are no place to pass judgement with any certainty, but a few familiar test tracks sounded far more authoritative and detailed than a speaker this size might be expected to deliver"

Ellipse Review - Dimi Vesos high Fidelity

"I think I have found the best sounding compact streaming speaker."

Streaming

Bluetooth wireless technology, Wi-Fi streaming, Ethernet connectivity.

AirPlay, Google Cast, native streaming from Spotify Connect and TIDAL Connect. Roon Ready, UPnP renderer.

Audio inputs

Internal streaming source

1 x USB-C supporting sampling rates up to 192kHz @ 24-bit

1 x mini-TOSLINK optical supporting sampling rates up to 96kHz @ 24 bit

Stereo analogue with 88kHz/24bit A/D conversion (Optical and analogue share dual-purpose 3.5mm minijack socket)

Control Options

Illuminated touch controls located on top of unit

Meridian Control app via Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection

IR receiver eye (MSR2 remote control available separately)

Automation interface via Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection

Performance

SPL: 100dB@1m (pink noise source)

Frequency response in room within 3dB: 40Hz – 20kHz (volume setting 65)

Amplification

2 x 25W for full-range drivers

1 x 30W for subwoofer driver

Drive units

2 x 90mm polypropylene wide-range drivers

1 x 150mm x 100mm polypropylene long-throw “racetrack” subwoofer driver

Crossover frequency = 180Hz

Wi-fi opration

Dual band - 2.4GHz and 5GHz compatible

Dimensions / Weight

WIDTH: 412mm [16.2in]

DEPTH: 223mm [8.8in]

HEIGHT: 171mm [6.7in]

WEIGHT: 3.9kg [8.6lbs]

Power

100V – 240V AC, Max 70W

User Reviews