New gadget

[Rik]

Sue says I don't need another toy. 

[Inactive]

As long as Sue doesn't need another toy, you should be OK.. 

[Rik]

I can't think what you mean, In. 

[Steve]

Surely Sue's allowed toys? even if you have to buy them, I am always buying my wife new toys,she wanted an new alarm clock so I purchased one.The rest of it she's unlikely to discover.

[Rik]

That's the best way, Steve.

[john]

I want one of these

Review here.

All I have to do now is to raise the £4000 to buy it 

[Inactive]

Sorry John, for £4000,  I would expect a unit to look a bit more stylish than that, it looks like a cheapo Freeview Unit to me, 4 screws visible in the top . 

I am sure it " does the job " very well, but they really need to employ some better designers IMO.

[john]

The design doesn't bother me In, although I would have preferred a more symetrical front panel and I would also have expected it to be able to play Blu-Ray disks for the price. But that wouldn't stop me buying one if I had the cash to spare.

[Rik]

I am sure it " does the job " very well, but they really need to employ some better designers IMO.

Meridian started life as Boothroyd Stuart, In. Stuart is the technical genius behind the products, Boothroyd is a designer. He produced a remote control that is 7" square and requires two hands to lift! I've not been impressed by his work outside the company either. However, Bob Stuart's electronic designs are superb, and for the sound, I'll live with the case.

[Inactive]

Fair enough John / Rik, however I would at least want something that looked the part before spending that amount.

It doesn't take a genius to hide 4 screws, even MFI can, and often do.

[Steve]

Fair enough John / Rik, however I would at least want something that looked the part before spending that amount.

It doesn't take a genius to hide 4 screws, even MFI can, and often do.

Yes but with MFI I am never sure where to put the screws left over

[Rik]

Fair enough John / Rik, however I would at least want something that looked the part before spending that amount.

Boothroyd (can't remember his first name) likes to show the functionality of things. He's the kind of person who would design the Lloyds Building. 

[Inactive]

Yes but with MFI I am never sure where to put the screws left over

You have mine Steve, I am always a few short.

[Inactive]

Boothroyd (can't remember his first name) likes to show the functionality of things. He's the kind of person who would design the Lloyds Building. 

Right, a Tupperware Box would look better than that case...sorted.

[Rik]

Plastic is no good, though, In. It would have to be a stainless steel Tupperware box.

[Inactive]

He must have been trained at Meccanno ( sp ).

[Rik]

Having met him, I'd say RADA was more likely.

[Gary]

Oddly I quite like the industrial look, but thats just me, some of my old NAD stuff looked plain and functional with no frills, and some older Arcam amps look very similar

[Inactive]

That says it all then Rik..  

[Inactive]

Oddly I quite like the industrial look, but thats just me, some of my old NAD stuff looked plain and functional with no frills, and some older Arcam amps look very similar

Fair enough Gary, but this thing looks like a cheapo Tesco Freeview Receiver to me.

[Rik]

It wouldn't when you paid the bill.

[Gary]

It wouldn't when you paid the bill.

and it would sound amazing, if my ears could actually could hear the difference these days 

[john]

It's often the case (pardon the unintentional pun!) that high end audio equipment concentrates more on the performance of it's electronics than the box that it's in which is usually utilitarian.

This Krell FBI integrated amp costs over £15000  and I'm sure there's stuff much more expensive than that particularly some of the very esoteric valve amps.

[Rik]

There's a sort of inverted snobbery at the high end of the market it seems, John. A kind of "We sound so good we don't have to make it look good" attitude.

[Gary]

It's often the case (pardon the unintentional pun!) that high end audio equipment concentrates more on the performance of it's electronics than the box that it's in which is usually utilitarian.

This Krell FBI integrated amp costs over £15000  and I'm sure there's stuff much more expensive than that particularly some of the very esoteric valve amps.

I remember seeing a Krell that cost £30,000 it looked like a cross between a heatsync and something from from  doctor whos tardis, it looked fantastic I thought