Meridian DSP5200.2 DSP Active Speakers

Name: Meridian DSP5200.2 DSP Active Speakers
Brand: Meridian
SKU: MERDSP5200BL
Price: 28000.00 NZD
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DSP Active Speaker System

Providing astonishing musical power, the Meridian DSP5200 redefines the compact floor standing loudspeaker category. A truly full range loudspeaker, the DSP5200 often surprises listeners with their ability to provide deep impactful bass. Standard finishes are offered in Piano Lacquered white or black. Included in the Meridian Select program, 270 bespoke colour finishes are available, making them at home in any décor.

Specifications

PERFORMANCE: Frequency response in-room within 3dB from 35Hz to over 20kHz. Linear-phase mid/top crossover. Output >108dB spl @ 1m on music material. Noise less than 15dB spl. Overall distortion typically <0.02% at any frequency or level.

INPUTS: Meridian SpeakerLink in and out (RJ45). S/PDIF digital input, 32kHz–96kHz sampling rates at up to 24 bit with MHR support (phono).

CONSTRUCTION: 2 1/2-way’ acoustic reflex system. Single-port (vertical model) or dual-port (horizontal centre).

DRIVERS: 2 x 160mm polypropylene bass drivers. 1 x 25mm aluminium-dome tweeter, silver wire, short horn-loaded.

ELECTRONICS: Two precision 24/192 oversampling converters for bass/mid and tweeter signals. Active bass/mid crossover. Digital and conversion electronics constructed using advanced surface-mount techniques and partitioned 6-layer printed-circuit boards.

DSP: 150MIPS digital signal processor. Digital crossover at 2.6kHz. Response correction for the whole system. Bass protection. User tone controls. Analogue/digital volume and phase control.

AMPLIFIERS: Three 75W power amplifiers, one for each driver.

DISPLAY: Eight-character display with system lights, can be blanked.

DIMENSIONS: Vertical model: height: 903mm/36in (without spikes/feet); width: 300mm/ 12in at base, tapering to 179mm/7in; depth: 356mm/14in at base, tapering to 217mm/8.5in.

WEIGHT: 35kg packed.

I found its sound quality to be exceptionally clean and accurate, with excellent dynamics and presence and a smooth, neutral, not-too-bright, not-too-bass-heavy tonal balance.

Home Theatre Review

Flexible thinking

Adopting the same cabinet design and technology principles as the flagship DSP8000, the compact DSP5200 stays under one metre tall, yet ingeniously houses three custom drivers, three amplifiers, and advanced sound-shaping DSP computers in each cabinet. Featuring SpeakerLink technology, the DSP5200 provides high performance with a simple, unobtrusive, and easy to connect Ethernet style cable, providing click and play simplicity of installation. From smaller rooms to more spacious environments, the DSP5200 fits in perfectly and is state-of-the-art speaker design, and the sound is, quite simply, remarkable.

Design

The DSP5200 is a powerful, yet relatively compact (under a metre high) member of Meridian's DSP Loudspeaker family that out-performs anything of its size, while its visual design and elegance remain second-to-none.

Taking its cue from the flagship DSP8000, the DSP5200 distils its essence into a smaller package that is suitable not only for delivering superb sound where space is limited, but also more expansive environments, as well as being suitable as a side speaker, for example, in larger surround system.

The Meridian DSP5200 represents an extremely well engineered and well-thought-out implementation of DSP and active speaker technology. I found its sound quality to be exceptionally clean and accurate, with excellent dynamics and presence and a smooth, neutral, not-too-bright, not-too-bass-heavy tonal balance.