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Meridian is excited to announce that it has been awarded its first accolade for the brand-new Ellipse steaming speaker, having been recognised as a Premium Wireless Loudspeaker 2024-2025 at the EISA Awards.
The Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) is a community of 58 technology magazines, websites and social media commentators from 29 countries, specialising in hi-fi, home theatre, photo and video, in-car and mobile electronics. Every year, the EISA jury of experts rewards the best products in each class with a coveted EISA Award. This year, the Premium Wireless Loudspeaker category was newly created to recognise Ellipse, as it stands in a class of its own, defined by its premium design and exceptional performance. This newly established category highlights Ellipse as the leading product in its category, setting the standard against which all others will be judged.
Commenting on Meridian’s award-winning product, an EISA spokesperson said: “Incorporating engineering principles derived from Meridian’s DSP8000 XE and DSP9 towers – the standard bearers of its Extreme Engineering Programme – the Ellipse proves high-fidelity is possible from a compact, wireless speaker. Marrying a trio of active drivers to a powerful DSP platform, its performance showcases superb clarity, deep bass and – if required – a room-filling output. Among its streaming options are AirPlay, Chromecast, Spotify Connect and Roon, accompanied by USB, optical and analogue inputs for wired sources. Meridian’s Ellipse is therefore impressively versatile, a characteristic mirrored by the suite of sound tuning options in its partnering Control app.”
Meridian launched Ellipse in May this year and since then, has been receiving extremely positive feedback from integrators, distributors, industry professionals and technology journalists. Now, Meridian has been officially awarded its first accolade for this product, which cements its decision to launch Meridian’s first high-end all-in-one wireless DSP streaming speaker to the market.
“It’s always gratifying to receive an award for a newly launched product, especially one that the team is so proud of,” comments John Buchanan. CEO of Meridian. “The EISA Awards is judged by experts from Europe, so it’s great to know that Ellipse is a product that is valued far and wide.”
Ellipse is a complete Meridian system in a luxury and compact form factor. It is a distillation of everything Meridian does and is designed, engineered and manufactured at the home of Meridian Audio in the UK, by the same team of experts that craft Meridian’s floor-standing speakers. Ellipse delivers Meridian’s renowned sound quality in any room and features twelve unique Meridian DSP technologies including the first implementation of ‘Meridian Bass & Space’ in a home audio product.
In a market cluttered with compromise, Ellipse dares consumers to demand more – more performance, more satisfaction, more longevity. Meridian believes in challenging the norms, in pushing boundaries, and in never settling for less than the best. Dare to be better – Ellipse is not just another streaming speaker.
