Meridian lite

Meridian's highly regarded, high dollar, 500 and 800 series of audio products have won almost every award imaginable. Meridian's new value line adopts much of the industry-leading technology from aforementioned series into a more affordable line of products. Its new "G" series class of products revolves around the G68 multifunction processor at $6,995-$8,995 (depending upon configuration) and the accompanying G91 DVD player at $6,995. As a bonus, in a rare departure for Meridian, the new G series offers two choices of styling. There is a dramatic new silver-faced option, to accompany the traditional black "classic" Meridian look. $7-9K; www.meridian-audio.com