About Your Meridian Active Loudspeakers; Power Amplifi Ers - Meridian 3100 Installation And User Manual

About your Meridian Active loudspeakers

These instructions provide information about unpacking, connecting up,
confi guring, and using your Meridian 3100 Active loudspeakers. They apply to the
M3100 left and right loudspeakers, and the M3100HC horizontal centre loudspeaker.
Introduction
Meridian Active loudspeakers represent the fruits of more than 25 years of
continuous development of loudspeakers as musical instruments. The fi nest
materials and state-of-the-art design are combined to create what we believe is the
ultimate range of home loudspeakers.
Drivers
Each 3100 loudspeaker uses either one or two high-effi ciency long-throw custom
drive bass units.
Each treble unit is a very high quality 25mm (1") Meridian piston using a doped
fabric dome. It is extremely well matched to the woofers, and also tonally very
compatible with the other drivers employed in the Meridian range.
Power amplifi ers
The speakers are driven by multiple independent high-power, low-feedback power
amplifi ers.
The active electronics provides huge performance advantages. The amplifi ers are
tailored to suit the direct drive to the drive units, providing very low output
impedance, excellent damping, and bass extension far beyond what is possible in
passive designs.
The whole electronic assembly is supplied from a substantial toroidal transformer
feeding high-quality, audiophile-grade capacitors.
Cabinet
Each 3100 loudspeaker is carefully designed from bonded aluminium panels, with
internal bracing and damping to give incredibly low levels of cabinet resonance,
resulting in low coloration and excellent mid-range transparency.