page 6Meridian Loudspeakers: The DSP Path The Meridian Papers - 1
The electronics inside Meridian’s
DSP8000 system
Power supply
5 x Power Amplifiers, one per set of drivers
Crystal clocks
Microprocessor
Programmable Logic arrays
Digital to Analogue Converters
(four channels)
Digital Signal Processing chips
(Motorola DSP56362)
Fig. 4: The overall response of an active speak-
er can be tailored, the bass improved and the
maximum cone excursion limited by careful use
of electronic filters.