Meridian America Meridian DSP, DSP Loudspeaker manual Power amplifiers, Cabinet, Mounting options

INTRODUCTION

Power amplifiers

The speakers are driven by multiple independent high-power, low- feedback power amplifiers. The combination of idealised magnetic design, careful star earthing, and very fast output devices gives the amplifiers extremely low noise, high detail, and fast bass.

The whole electronic assembly is supplied from substantial toroidal transformers feeding high-quality, audiophile-grade capacitors.

Cabinet

Each DSP loudspeaker is carefully designed with internal bracing and damping to give incredibly low levels of cabinet resonance, resulting in low colouration and excellent mid-range transparency.

The DSP5500, DSP5500C, and DSP5500HC are constructed using thick veneered MDF sides bolted through a 1.5mm steel plate onto the main cabinet, giving extremely low levels of cabinet resonance and excellent bass-mid isolation.

In the DSP6000 and DSP6000C the bass drivers are mounted symmetrically in pairs on the sides of the cabinet, cancelling vibration and giving exceptionally low levels of cabinet resonance. The mid-range and treble drivers are housed in a separate interlaminated head, to minimise bass-mid interference. It is supported on the bass enclosure by three machined feet.

Mounting options

The DSP5000 and DSP5500 are available in horizontal centre versions, designed for use either above or below a television.

The DSP5000C and DSP6000C head units use fully shielded drive units so that they can be placed next to a television without interference.

Meridian High Resolution (MHR)

All Meridian DSP loudspeakers support Meridian High Resolution (MHR), to allow you to connect to other MHR-compliant Meridian products to take advantage of high-rate audio sources, and provide the additional benefits of lower jitter and improved sound quality on all sources.

MHR is a proprietary secure encoding format that uses encryption and anti- copy methods to provide a secure copyright protection environment, and allow the secure transfer of audio streams within a Meridian-only system for playback only.

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