Meridian America DSP7200 - Manual

Meridian Audio Limited
Latham Road, Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire PE29 6YE, UK
T +44(0)1480 445678
F +44(0)1480 445686
E [email protected]
Meridian America Inc.
8055 Troon Circle, Suite C
Austell, GA 30168-7849, USA
T +1(404) 344 7111
F +1(404) 346 7111
www.meridian-audio.com
Product Information
3½-way DSP active loudspeaker
Self-contained audio system, each
speaker has four custom drivers, four
amplifiers, four digital converters,
digital crossovers and advanced
sound-shaping DSP technology
Unique SpeakerLink digital audio and
control I/O interface via RJ45
Curved cabinet featuring advanced
laminated damping technology
Black and silver piano lacquer finishes;
other colours to order
Controlled by Meridian System
Remote Plus (supplied)
Listener control over features including
volume, bass, treble tilt, listening
axis, time-compensated balance and
absolute phase
Removable rear access panel for
hidden cable entry
RJ45 input allows RS232 connection
for firmware updates, etc using
optional cable.
DSP7200
Digital Signal Processing Active Loudspeaker System
The concept of the Digital Active DSP
Loudspeaker, invented by Meridian
over 15 years ago, is today well-proven
as by far the most musically and
dynamically accurate and effective
way to approach sound reproduction.
Meridian’s DSP7200 takes this
technology to a new high.
The DSP7200 features the latest internal
electronics and software along with
specialised drive units and power amplifiers.
DSP7200 is also the first of Meridian’s
DSP Loudspeaker models to include the
company’s new SpeakerLink input/output
interfacing architecture, featuring balanced
drive and RJ45 connectors for simplicity and
elegance of installation via CAT-5 cabling.
DSP7200 features a novel low-frequency
alignment system which confers the bottom-
end extension benefits of porting, but retains
the exact timing and coherence previously
only associated with ‘closed-box’ designs.
The result is deep, tight bass and a clarity
(enabled by its sophisticated electronics and
DSP) that makes you feel you are right there
at the original event.
In common with all Meridian’s DSP
Loudspeakers, the DSP7200’s design rests
on the pillars of digital signal processing
for crossover filtering and all other signal
manipulation, and multi-amplified active-
speaker topology in which each individual
driver is served by a dedicated amplifier
channel. The advantages are irrefutable:
employing ultra-accurate DSP makes
possible crossover characteristics and
precision that would be inconceivable for any
passive, analogue system, for a level of driver
integration that is otherwise unobtainable.
Additionally, individually powering each driver
after the crossover system pays dramatic
dividends in enhanced dynamic potential,
reduced distortion, and idealized time-domain
behaviour.