Meridian DSP3200, Audio Core 200 and Sooloos Media Core 200

Meridian Audio introduced two new products, the DSP3200 compact digital active loudspeaker ($6,000) and the Audio Core 200 stereo audio controller ($3,000). 

DSP3200 digital speakers is a wide-range driver speaker system that allows the DSP crossover frequency to be well outside the speech band. The DSP3200 is suited to a wide range of room positions - on or in furniture, on floor stands or on wall brackets and is offered with two high-gloss paint finishes; high-gloss white and high-gloss black. 


The Meridian Audio Core 200 stereo audio controller brings together audio sources with Meridian Resolution Enhancement technologies such as an Apodising filter and upsampling. The Audio Core 200 includes PC digital audio replay via USB. There is a Meridian SpeakerLink input for single-wire connection to a Meridian Sooloos Digital Media System. Fully compatible with Meridian's i80 Dock for iPod, the Audio Core 200 will play iPod/iPhone via Meridian DSP Loudspeakers while it charges. Users can control what they hear via the front panel or remote handset. The Audio Core 200's intelligent front-panel controls feature smart buttons for intuitive operation, and an auto-dimming OLED display for maximum readability.


Meridian Audio's Sooloos division has also announced Meridian Sooloos Media Core 200 digital media system ($4,000). 

This elegant, compact and virtually silent system that requires only the user's choice of controller to perform. It can be operated by any of the network-based control systems available, including the iPad or iPhone App, a computer running the Control PC or Control Mac application, or a Meridian Sooloos controller such as the Control 15 or Control 10. At the heart of the Media Source 200 is a 500GB hard drive, storing around 1000 CD albums in lossless quality for graphical and touch-screen access via the award-winning Sooloos interface. Users may also enjoy streamed audio services including Rhapsody. For those with terabytes of data, you can import a small fraction of your collection to the 500GB give via free Meridian Sooloos software tools. Of course the unit does offer full integration with Meridian and Meridian Sooloos audio systems plus may be networked to any other Meridian Sooloos product to add extra storage or zones.