Chris Tarling
Yellow Hound
Long round trip to pick up the pair of Meridian M2 loudspeakers that became available.
A few pics to introduce them:
M2-1 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
M2-2 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
M2-3 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
M2-4 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
M2-5 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
I have yet to power them up but they look in pretty reasonable condition.
The drive units especially look good - despite the white paint splatters(!)
The differing tweeter plates are puzzling but they are a genuine matched pair of M2s - according to the serial numbers.
Biggest surprise (disappointment?) is the stands. They are the original M2 stands and I had thought that I would just refurbish them, but they now strike me as a serious limitation on the speaker performance.
The base plate of the stands seems to be plywood, the column is very thin steel filled with a piece of foam and the top plate is similarly thin steel.
I think I'll end up putting them in the attic and getting something more worthy - though the speaker dimensions are likely to make that a challenge.
Next job - see if they work!
A few pics to introduce them:
M2-1 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
M2-2 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
M2-3 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
M2-4 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
M2-5 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr
I have yet to power them up but they look in pretty reasonable condition.
The drive units especially look good - despite the white paint splatters(!)
The differing tweeter plates are puzzling but they are a genuine matched pair of M2s - according to the serial numbers.
Biggest surprise (disappointment?) is the stands. They are the original M2 stands and I had thought that I would just refurbish them, but they now strike me as a serious limitation on the speaker performance.
The base plate of the stands seems to be plywood, the column is very thin steel filled with a piece of foam and the top plate is similarly thin steel.
I think I'll end up putting them in the attic and getting something more worthy - though the speaker dimensions are likely to make that a challenge.
Next job - see if they work!