Meridian DSP5000 loudspeaker

35Hz - 20kHz, 0.02%, MHR, 3 x 75W, Black Background
Meridian has long led the market with their highly acclaimed DSP loudspeaker designs. These 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 the speaker builder’s art.

Meridian DSP5000
Like its big brothers, the DSP5000 is a digital active loudspeaker of great power and finesse. The difference is one of scale; in small rooms you may prefer the 5000. In fact the 5000 contains software to make it easier to place in tight
spaces; put it in the proper mode and it performs happily with its back against the wall, or free-standing well into the room.
The self-contained system combines in each cabinet a 2.5-way speaker, three custom drivers, three amplifiers, two delta-sigma digital converters, digital crossovers and computers to give you full remote control over bass, treble tilt, time-correct balance, absolute phase, tweeter axis and input. Refined technology gives the DSP5000 uncompromised precise detail and stereo
dimensionality unequalled for its price; advanced signal processing packs dynamics and bass into a size that defies imagination. The DSP5000 is a single-box DSP loudspeaker. This model is a front-facing format that can be effectively built into system cabinets – DSP functions are provided to correct the frequency response in a variety of locations.

Acoustic system and format
The DSP5000 is a powerful 2.5-way active acoustic reflex design. The bass system uses two 160mm long-throw composite bass drivers and the cabinet vents through a rear facing port. This configuration, along with the active and
DSP correction, delivers a combination of smooth powerful bass and very low mid-range colouration.
The tweeter is the Meridian 25mm aluminium-dome, silver-wire tweeter used in all the DSP loudspeakers

Electronic system
Each speaker incorporates an electronic panel in the rear part of the cabinet. The speaker accepts digital signals and has two inputs. The input receiver uses a FIFO (First In First Out) memory buffer for the lowest possible jitter from
almost any source. Widely acclaimed by audio reviewers, the DSP5000 is unchallenged by any other system of this size and offers excellent value. It is ideal as a stereo pair, or linked with others in a surround system. The crossovers, equalisation, location correction, protection and tone controls are all implemented in 100MHz Motorola Digital Signal Processors (DSP) inside each speaker. The DSP feeds carefully tailored individual signals to the bass, mid and tweeter DACs. DSP5000 uses three Meridian Class-A discrete 75W low-distortion power amplifiers – one to power each driver. The electronics
are powered from a high-current toroidal transformer through a custom highspeed power supply