mswlogo;349512 Wrote: > First for reference I have an extremely good HT setup that I have a > Transporter hooked to and really enjoy at home. Let's just say many > 10's of $1000's. > > I also have a small two channel system with DSP-5000 MK-II's I also > enjoy. This setup I know the speakers are poorly placed. > > But I decided to buy a cheap old pair of Meridian speakers for work. > They cost me $600.00. They are DSP-5000's MK-I "18-Bit DACs". The > grills are falling apart and they are 240V so I have to run them on a > 120V to 240V step up transformer. It would cost more than the speakers > for just the parts to switch them over to 120V. I think they are like > 10 years old. > > So I hooked the SB3 to them (via S/PDIF COAX). > > I almost fell off my chair. They sound so good it isn't funny. > > The room is all bare walls, bare windows and paper thin carpet. > > It is quite a privilege to be able to have speakers like this at work > and sometimes I wonder if it's all psychological that I feel they sound > as good as the home system sometimes. It also helps sitting practically > between the speakers :) > > I am so productive when I have these things playing. > > This is the setup before I hooked up the SB3. > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/2803974111_5c2309261f_b.jpg > > Even the old Meridian stuff sounds positively amazing and just blows > the doors off so much other equipment that you can pay $1000’s > and $1000’s for. And you can’t get much more elegantly > simple. Plug in the squeezebox and you are done. The Speakers are the > DAC, Crossovers (Digitally), Preamp, Amps (Tri-Amped actually) and > Drivers in One. For $600.00 !! That was an exceptionally good deal > usually MK-I 18-Bit are around $1200.00 a pair. They accept up to > 24bit/48KHz but the DACs are “18-Bit”. They were introduced > like in 1993 !! > > Also, and this is just as important, it just amazes me how much a room > and placement effects the sound. Like I said, I have the newest version > of the 5000’s as well and they sound NOTHING like the old ones at > work. It's not the speakers that are different, the new speakers ARE > BETTER. It's the room. The room doesn’t always need fancy > acoustic treatment either. The speakers just click in my office at work > and location I put them. They are not boomy at all. > > If you ever have the chance to try hooking a squeezebox to a pair of > Meridians you’d be blown away. With used prices in this economy > there are some amazing deals out there. I could never go back to > conventional speakers.
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