Really expensive systems that sounded great?

I haven't seen actual meridian gear in ages.  Last time I looked it seemed their HT gear was languishing behind, kind of like Theta Digital.

The new Meridian line was at CES, check it out. When you consider that this is a "system", not just a speaker you get why the MSRP is over $100K:

Check out the build process at the factory 2:00 in:

@kenjit re:

They have horrible measurements look at all those peaks and dips. you couldn’t get any more ragged.

And yet in that same article the reviewer states...

Summing up, the in-room response was wide and remarkably uniform in balance, a testament to the Duo’s good off-axis energy response.

and

Handsomely delivering the promised high linearity, the midrange horn distortion was astonishingly low, even at a measured 110dB test level. Even at 100 and 90dB SPLs, the third harmonic was unmeasurable, and the second was well below 0.1%—this rivals a good push-pull electrostatic speaker and even some amplifiers!

and

What a surprise to find a horn speaker with such a wide and well-controlled directivity.

Seems like the reviewer liked these speakers - a lot

AND the first comment to the article speaks volumes...

On the other hand, the rendering of Ella Fitzgerald’s voice was simply extraordinary in its realism and palpability. So much so, that I forgot to even listen for audiophile things like imaging, soundstage depth and so on.

I go by what my ears tell me - NOT by what a bunch of graphs that detail things most people cannot even discern

Add to that the amplification used and cables that are in the mix and things can change drastically

When I heard these, they made my ears perk up and I listened intently - that is something many other brands fail to do.

But then its all about personal preferences anyway 🙂

No two people hear the same thing !

Regards - Steve

@kenjit 

"Yet the drivers used probably cost a few hundred bucks at most. Shocking isn't it. only a fool would spend so much money. The hifi companies know this and thats why they set their prices so high for people like you."

Interesting way to try and put forth your own agenda.

Everything after the word "probably" is rendered useless. Without actual knowledge of the cost of the drivers, any suppositions you make have no validity whatsoever.

Just because other people can spend more on their equipment than you can, is no reason to make baseless claims, call them fools and try to invalidate their purchases,