Meridian Audio 8000 manual Power amplifiers, Cabinet, Meridian High Resolution MHR

INTRODUCTION

The treble and mid-range drivers are mounted in a separate sealed head assembly. The treble unit is a semi-horn-loaded composite dome design with a silver voice coil. The mid-range unit incorporates a cone made from a uniquely light and stiff combination of polymers to give unparalleled transparency.

Power amplifiers

The speakers are driven by five independent high-power low-feedback power amplifiers mounted on a multi-finned extruded heatsink. 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 two substantial toroidal transformers feeding high-quality audiophile-grade capacitors.

Cabinet

Each DSP8000 loudspeaker is built around a precision manufactured cabinet, which uses innovative design techniques to give exceptionally low coloration and amazing mid-range transparency.

The head assembly is a sealed enclosure fabricated from curved pressure- laminated panels, each using multiple layers of selected woods and metal to provide high stiffness and damping. Its narrow tapered shape offers optimum dispersion across a wide listening area. It is supported on the bass enclosure by three machined feet.

Like the head unit, the bass cabinet is constructed from interlaminated panels with extensive bracing. The front panel is 6mm glass and incorporates a window for the matrix display and infrared remote control sensor. The cabinet stands on triangulated adjustable machined foot assemblies with provision for floor spikes or skids.

Meridian High Resolution (MHR)

The DSP8000 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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