Speakers for Meridian 551

[walpurgis]

Unless it's been checked it's very easy to land yourself with Corellis that have had the older B200 SP1014 from the Chorale fitted. They look near identical but have a slightly thicker cone coating of Plastiflex damping with generally more obvious brush marks.

[F575M]

The seller has no idea what drivers his speakers have, better forget them.

I came across this company, Russell K. Was he the designer of the hard to find SKS Intaglio speakers?

https://www.russell-k.com/red-50/

[losepete]

I find Proac speakers usually work very well with Meridian amplification. Having heard Proac Studio 1's (mine) hooked up to a Meridian 551 (friends) in the distant past and performing well I suggest looking for a pair of Studio 1 or the later Studio 100.
Maybe these - but they do look a little overpriced to me

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/...r-of-speakers/

[F575M]

Geoff,

Looks like this is an unmolested pair.

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/...helf-speakers/Corelli5.jpgCorelli4.jpgCorelli3.jpgCorelli2.jpgCorelli1.jpg

[walpurgis]

Geoff,

Looks like this is an unmolested pair.

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/...helf-speakers/Corelli5.jpgCorelli4.jpgCorelli3.jpgCorelli2.jpgCorelli1.jpg

They look good.

Even the crossover is untouched by the look of it. Don't worry about the discoloured resistor, that's just the ceramic coating, it'll work fine.
I have two pairs, one with all original components in the crossover and one updated with new capacitors. They both sound excellent, but I suspect the untouched ones may just have the edge .

I use all four in paralleled pairs, it all sounds remarkably good!

[Gazjam]

Bit of a curveball here, but have at it.

Fantastic match between my own Meridian 557 amp, and Wharfedale Evo 4.4s.
Bit over your £800 budget but the 4.2 standmounts share same drive units and design philosphy, and come in at under £800.
Very well reviewed speakers.

My Evo's have superb synergy with my Meridian 557 amp, perhaps with your 551 too, they are around the same generation?

[F575M]

The 557 is a 200W per channel into 8Ω and 300W per channel into 4Ω, my 551 has a mere 55W per channel into 8Ω and 100W per channel into 4Ω, it is a big difference.

There is a pair on https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/...o-44-speakers/

[Gazjam]

The Wharfedales are easy to drive mate,
wouldnt be a problem.

The 551 has a fair ammount of grunt too.
Just another option

[Macca]

The 557 is a 200W per channel into 8Ω and 300W per channel into 4Ω, my 551 has a mere 55W per channel into 8Ω and 100W per channel into 4Ω, it is a big difference.

There is a pair on https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/...o-44-speakers/

it still has the same regulation though even though it is lower power. Output almost doubles as impedance halves. Should drive almost all speakers with ease.

Certainly won't have any bother with those Wharfedale's like Gaz says and will go very loud with them without clipping.

[walpurgis]

it still has the same regulation though even though it is lower power. Output almost doubles as impedance halves. Should drive almost all speakers with ease.

Certainly won't have any bother with those Wharfedale's like Gaz says and will go very loud with them without clipping.

I agree. Few speakers demand anything like fifty watts in normal domestic use.