Dsp5200 Digital Active loudspeaker Black
The DSP5200, like other speakers in Meridian's Digital Active Loudspeaker range, incorporates built-in amplification and sophisticated digital signal processing electronics in the quest to deliver more accurate audio reproduction. Each of its three custom drivers--two 160 millimeter (6-1/2-inch) long-throw polypropylene woofers and a 25 millimeter (1-inch) aluminum dome tweeter--has its own separate 75Watt amplifier that is matched to, and optimized for, the driver. The built-in active amplification is designed to compensate for any frequency response deviations in the individual drivers, in the goal of achieving a flatter frequency response for each driver than is possible with a passive loudspeaker.
The speaker's DSP electronics include dual 192kHz, 24-bit D/A converters for the bass/midrange and high frequencies, digital crossovers, a proprietary apodizing digital upsampling filter, and on-board digital computers running proprietary software at 150 MIPS. Bob Stuart, co-founder of Meridian, and his team developed the apodizing filter, which, without getting technical, is designed to eliminate sonic problems caused by conventional digital filtering (signal processing) of digital musical signals. (There's plenty of information online if you want to dig deeply into this subject.) Meridian claims that the upsampling filter "is so effective that it can correct problems further up the chain including fixing faults in the original recording."
The use of a digital rather than an analog crossover network also facilitates a smoother sonic blend between the drivers. The DSP5200 features a "2-1/2-way" crossover design, meaning that each woofer operates in a different frequency range to achieve a more seamless on- and off-axis frequency blend from bass to treble. The DSP circuitry enables adjustment (via an included remote control) of bass, treble, driver time-alignment, absolute phase and other parameters; the remote control also provides input selection. The front of the DSP5200 has a status display that can be dimmed if desired.
The DSP5200's frequency response is listed at 35Hz to over 20kHz, plus or minus 3dB. It is capable of greater than 108dB SPL (at 1 meter).
Measuring 903 mm (36 inches) high by 300 mm (12 inches) wide by 356 mm (14-1/4) deep, the DSP5200's curved and tapered enclosure is simple and understated in design--if you're turned on by speakers that look like they walked into your listening room from a Transformers movie or sport radical-looking appurtenances, look elsewhere. The DSP5200 is available in graphite, black or silver high-gloss lacquer finishes. The 77-pound enclosure is made from 19 mm (3/4-inch) multilayer materials including veneered plywood and poured resin, for rigidity and damping of internal resonances. In addition to the floorstanding configuration I listened to, the DSP5200 is available in a horizontal center-channel version.
The Meridian DSP5200 incorporates the company's SpeakerLink technology, which enables the DSP5200 to be connected to a Meridian preamp or Sooloos media server (Sooloos is now owned by Meridian) via a single SpeakerLink cable with standard RJ45 connectors. The back of the DSP5200 has SpeakerLink inputs and outputs, a coaxial digital input and a BNC connector that connects to other Meridian or Sooloos components.
I listened to the Meridian DSP5200 with a Sooloos Control 10/Ensemble media server system. (A brief aside: I didn't set the system up personally so I can't talk about the particulars of getting the Sooloos up and running, but I can tell you that with no training whatsoever, I and others were able to pretty much immediately grok the interface and use it effortlessly as a digital jukebox.)
My first listening impression was one of tonal neutrality. The speaker didn't strike me as either too bright and forward, nor too "warm" and "euphonic," but rather, smooth and accurate from bass through treble. With a stated frequency response of 35Hz, the speaker is able to reproduce the low "E" fundamental (around 41Hz) of an electric or acoustic bass, and the bass is taut and well defined. The midrange and treble were clear and clean. Meridian touts the DSP5200 as a speaker that's "ideal for spacious as well as smaller rooms," and I would agree--although it's the smaller brother to the top-of-the-line (and far more expensive at $65,000 per pair) DSP8000, it has more than enough volume, dynamic authority, presence, scale and depth to suit my listening tastes.
At the risk of being called a Luddite or an evolutionary throwback by the publisher, I will confess that I like the sound of analog and LPs--and have an aversion to digital done wrong. So, considering its considerable implementation of digital signal processing technology, going into this I was intrigued by what the DSP5200 (and the DSP8000, which I've also heard) was going to sound like. Bottom line: although no speaker (or any audio component or source material for that matter) is perfect, while listening to the DSP5200, I did not feel like I was listening to a "digital speaker" and sound that was overly processed, canned, enhanced or hyped up. On the contrary--I just felt like I was listening to music. Color me impressed.
The DSP3200 Digital Active Loudspeaker only Black with support
Meridian’s Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technologies deliver powerful, room-filling sound with the performance of a conventional system many times the size. These elegant loudspeakers echo the lines of Meridian’s flagship DSP8000 and are the most compact Meridian loudspeakers designed to date.
Meridian SpeakerLink connectivity makes connecting the DSP3200 to the Audio Core 200 quick and easy.
Featuring a wide-range driver that allows the DSP crossover frequency to be well outside the speech band, the DSP3200 delivers an effortless sound that remains clear, open and spacious, even at high listening levels.
In addition to a perfect digital crossover system, the DSP3200’s digital signal processing provides dynamic bass protection with exceptionally accurate transients. DSP3200 loudspeakers always deliver clear, accurate, quality sound – even at high levels and for prolonged periods.
Meanwhile, sophisticated DSP-based loudness controls allow the DSP3200 to provide a bigger sound that remains balanced at low listening levels.
The DSP3200 is perfectly suited to a wide range of room positions – on or in furniture, on floor stands or on wall brackets.
Drive Units
The DSP3200 features two drive units, a 165mm bass driver and an 85mm wide-range driver. Both drive units are built around an extremely stiff and stable die-cast aluminium chassis.
The bass driver features a specially-designed stiff, yet light polypropylene cone piston and dustcap with a low-loss rubber surround. The large, 56mm diameter voice coil employs heavy gauge copper wire in a 4 layer bifilar winding and features an extremely efficient hybrid magnetic motor design, providing extremely linear performance, thus minimising colouration and mechanical distortion.
The wide-range driver includes an aluminium alloy cone piston with low loss rubber surround, and features a 20mm diameter voice coil using heavy copper-clad aluminium wire. It also features an extremely efficient neodymium magnetic motor design.
Electronics
The DSP3200 is driven via Meridian SpeakerLink, which provides balanced digital audio and control signals from the host Meridian controller. Both input and output are provided, enabling loudspeakers to be “daisy-chained” if this is more practical than the preferred “home run” arrangement. A selector switch allows each DSP3200 to be set up as Left/Centre or Right speaker in a system.
Inside the unit is a powerful DSP crossover. Incoming signals are optimised with multiple FIFO buffering and upsampled using Meridian’s proprietary ‘apodising’-style filter that is free from pre-echo effects, thus delivering a cleaner, better-defined, more ‘high-definition’ sound whatever the source material, while at the same time correcting errors introduced by filters earlier in the chain – for example as a result of the original recording system. This system can bring new life especially to older digital recordings, where you can even experience the performance reproduced in higher quality than was possible in the studio at the time. The DSP is followed by individual digital-to-analogue conversion stages with extremely high precision analogue and digital design, delivering maximum dynamic range and overall audio quality. The analogue signal is then passed to powerful low output-impedance power amplifiers with exceptional performance and high efficiency, but with very low heat dissipation, coupled directly to the drivers.
Cabinet
Each DSP3200 loudspeaker is built around a precision-manufactured cabinet, which uses innovative design techniques to give exceptionally low colouration and impressive midrange transparency.
The acoustically-sealed enclosure is fabricated from curved, pressure-laminated panels, each using multiple layers of carefully-selected woods to provide high stiffness and damping. Its narrow tapered front baffle offers optimum dispersion across a wide listening area.
The cabinet stands on triangulated adjustable machined feet fitted to the base of the enclosure. Alternatively, Meridian offers a specially-designed floor stand, which provides cable management, allowing power and SpeakerLink cables to be run discreetly between the floor and the loudspeaker. The stand includes floor spikes, and the speaker can be bolted to the stand for maximum stability, minimising colouration. The speaker is mounted on the stand at a slight angle to offer the optimum position for listening.
The DSP3200 includes a recessed panel which hides cable entry.
Finishes
The DSP3200 is available in high-gloss white and high gloss black.
Dsp 5200 Digital central speaker HC black
Meridian 5200h centre in piano bl. comes with all leads and manual, orignal box and msr plus. This is a excellent centre channel with superb perfomance as from any meridian product.
see spec and info below
Meridian's acclaimed DSP-based loudspeakers are unparalleled in the industry. They combine excellent acoustic and drive-unit technology, with multiple built-in power amps and unique performance-enhancing DSP and digital conversion systems.
The Meridian DSP loudspeaker is the ultimate expression of our loudspeaker philosophy. Active loudspeakers mean giving each driver its own amplifier in direct and close control of all its parameters.
Product/DSP5200 Active Loudspeaker
P5200 is shown above in rosewood and cherry. Also shown is DSP5200HC in maple. These models are also available in black ash and black or silver piano lacquer (silver lacquer shown below).
DSP capability means crossover specifications that cannot be matched by conventional designs and bass extension vastly superior to other loudspeakers of the same volume. Keeping the signal in the digital domain until the last moment means that there is an unbroken link between the recording studio or concert hall and your listening room. The new DSP5200 takes these principles to the highest ever level in a smaller loudspeaker.
The DSP5200 takes the elegant appearance and advanced design of Meridian’s flagship DSP8000 and popular DSP7000 and delivers it in a compact package under 36in tall. Indeed, many of the features that make the 5200 a truly impressive smaller loudspeaker derive from the larger systems in the range. Ideal for more spacious as well as smaller rooms, these loudspeakers will do justice to any system, in almost any environment.
The self-contained system combines a 2 1/2-way crossover design, three custom drivers, three amplifiers, two multi-bit delta-sigma digital converters, digital crossovers and computers to deliver an impressive, powerful and accurate sound with full remote control over bass, treble tilt, time-correct balance, absolute phase, tweeter axis and input. The latest technology gives the DSP5200 uncompromised, precise detail with pinpoint imaging and dimensionality in both stereo and surround. Advanced signal processing packs dynamics and bass into a size that defies imagination. DSP controls allow correction of the frequency response in a variety of locations.
DSP5200 is available in vertical format either as pairs or in a vertical centre speaker. The DSP5200HC horizontal centre is now available.
New triple amplifier design based on the acclaimed DSP8000 minimizes colouration
Powerful, compact and elegant digital active loudspeaker with 2 1/2-way DSP crossover
Self-contained audio system with three custom drivers, three amplifiers, two digital converters, digital crossovers and advanced sound-shaping DSP computers for maximum fidelity
Listener remote control features including bass, treble tilt, listening axis, volume, time-compensated balance and absolute phase
Cabinet design
An enhanced basket design with sturdy clamp rings delivers the very best performance from the drivers, which are chosen specifically for their sound.
The stylish, curved and tapered cabinet both increases stiffness and improves HF dispersion for a more natural top end. Cabinet construction is of 19mm thick multi-layer materials, with proprietary heavy poured resin, and is inherently stiff with superior geometry and damping.
The dual bass drivers use 160mm long-throw composite designs and the cabinet vents through an extremely effective dual rear port. This configuration, along with active operation and DSP correction, delivers a combination of smooth, powerful bass and very low mid-range coloration. The tweeter is a 25mm aluminium-dome, silver-wire design.
Ultra-rigid cabinet in veneered ply, braced and resin damped for maximum sonic purity
Available in black or silver high gloss lacquer, satin Santos rosewood, natural satin maple, satin stained cherry and black ash finishes
Maximum output level up to 108dB spl
Inside the DSP5200
Each speaker incorporates an electronics panel in the rear part of the cabinet.
The speaker accepts digital signals and has two inputs, placed at the base of the cabinet for maximum neatness and ease of installation. The electronic design of the DSP5200 is entirely new, and takes advantage of the latest advances in component design as well as techniques and approaches employed on the DSP8000.
The latest miniaturized surface-mount components add control and improve linearity, while the advanced high-value capacitors allow the power supply and its low-field true toroidal transformer to be placed closer to power amplifiers, offering lower inductance and improved power performance.
The input receiver uses a FIFO (First In First Out) memory buffer for the lowest possible jitter from almost any source. At the heart of the 5200 is a new DSP system based around a 150MIPS processor, running brand new software. A built-in circuit monitoring system handles bass protection, without compromising either sound or protection capability.
High resolution double-precision processing and upsampling, coupled with the latest 192kHz, 24-bit DACs, ensure the digital signal path is second to none.
The three 75W amplifiers themselves are again based on those in the DSP8000, with our unique error-correcting auto-biasing technology which runs the amplifiers with maximum linearity and minimum coloration, even at high levels.
The bottom line
The result of all this intensive research and careful, painstaking design is a digital loudspeaker system that out-performs anything of its size, while its visual design and elegance remain second-to-none.
Meridian products are carefully designed inside and out and the DSP5200 – available in a choice of black or silver high gloss lacquer, satin Santos rosewood, natural satin maple, satin stained cherry and black ash finishes – is intended to look as good as it sounds.
And the sound is, simply, remarkable.
Technical Specification
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: Two digital inputs to SPDIF standard; 32kHz–96kHz sampling rates at up to 24 bit; MHR support.
Construction: '2 1/2-way’ acoustic reflex system.
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 blank.
Dimensions: Height: 903mm (without spikes/feet); width: 300mm at base, tapering to 179mm; depth: 356mm at base, tapering to 217mm.
Weight: 35 kgs packed.
Surround Controller G61R preamp black
Outline Specifications Inputs • Digital Inputs: USB Audio; 4x Toslink Optical; 12x S/PDIF: D1–D6 can be configured as 2x six-channel digital inputs with Meridian SmartLink. • Analogue Stereo Inputs: 8x phono; A1–A3 can be configured as a 6-channel analogue input. Unbalanced, 0.5–2.5Vrms adjustable, input impedance 20kΩ Outputs • Digital outputs (8x SpeakerLink RJ45): L, R, C, Sub, Side L, Side R, Rear L, Rear R • Analogue outputs (phono): Main L, Main R, Rear L, Rear R, Centre, Sub; LZ, RZ (configurable), variable 0–3.5Vrms, output impedance 47Ω. Distortion <0.01%. Noise & hum <-95dB CCIR Control • 2x DIN & 1x BNC Meridian Comms, 3x Trigger (+12v, 100mA), IR in, USB, RS232 remote control/configuration Processing • 5 x Motorola 56367s and a 56371 running at 150MHz to give a total of 900MIPS (million instructions per second). 48-bit arithmetic throughout Conversion • 24-bit Sigma-Delta converter chips operating at up to 96 kHz on analogue inputs and outputs Controls • Front-panel soft keys include control of Source, Mute, etc. Power and Display buttons, rotary DSP volume control. Full remote control via MSR+ and serial. Serial and USB link also used for firmware updates. Config via serial/USB or front panel Display • Multi-character matrix Vacuum Fluorescent Display Indicators • Front-panel keys back-illuminated; Standby button lit when off Formats • Include AAC, Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG Surround DSP Modes • Include Direct, Music, Trifield, Ambisonics (2-ch UHJ & B-Format), Super Stereo, Music Logic, THX, Mono, Discrete, TV Logic, ProLogic IIx Music, ProLogic IIx Movie, ProLogic IIx THX, Cinema and up to 10 user-defined. Built-in Meridian Room Correction. Power • Universal supply 100–240V, 50–60Hz, 25W Construction • Meridian black or silver finish in metal & glass Dimensions • Width: 440mm (17.32in); Depth: 350mm (13.78in) plus connectors; Height: 90mm (3.54in) Rack Mounting • Kit available from Meridian authorized retailers Weight • 9kg (19.8lbs)
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