Rick McCallum, Producer

"As a long-time Meridian owner, I've always appreciated the performance and design of the products. From the little F80 to my DSP8000 loudspeakers, the sound quality is always exceptional and exciting. And the 810  Reference Video System is simply amazing. The image resolution allows me to see details that I've never seen on other projector systems. Meridian's innovations remain consistently ahead of the curve."

Rick McCallum, Producer

• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Star Wars: Episode II Attack Of The Clones (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode III Revenge Of The Sith (2005)
• Red Tails (TBD)

Svetla Vassileva, Soprano

"It happened on a beautiful day in Saint Moritz. I was sitting in huge hall listening to a live performance of a great orchestra. I wanted to know who they were, so I started to look for them. After while I realised that not one musician was there – I felt as if I was in a Hitchcock movie. It wasn’t possible! Then some friends showed me something that looked like a UFO!

"Never before I could I have imagined a sound like that coming from such a small thing. Since that day, a big renaissance began for me. In opera and classical music dynamics are extreme – from piano pianissimo to forte fortissimo. But now I never have to adjust the volume because it’s too loud or too soft: my Meridian F80 knows exactly what to do.

"The only thing that Meridian doesn’t give to you is a burning candle, so you could look to it, drink a good cocktail and feel as if one of the world’s most famous orchestras is playing around you."

Svetla Vassileva, Soprano

Tim Stella, Conductor & Pianist

“As a professional conductor and pianist, I get to hear world class musicians on a daily basis. With live music as my true reference, I can attest that the F80 uncannily preserves the harmonic fullness of the real thing, and always sounds right. It is especially amazing with hard to reproduce instruments like acoustic piano.”

Tim Stella, Conductor & Pianist

Tim Stella can currently be seen on Broadway conducting The Phantom of the Opera. He recently served as vocal coach to Emmy Rossum as Christine and Gerard Butler as the Phantom for the film. Other Broadway shows he has conducted include Jesus Christ Superstar, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, Hello Dolly!, and Legs Diamond. He was Musical Director for National Tours of Cats, Evita, and Annie, as well as Musical Supervisor of the Evita World Tour for which he produced the cast album for Deutsche Grammophon/ Polydor.

As a recording session player and synthesizer specialist, his keyboard work can be heard on albums, soundtracks and commercials for Harry Belafonte, PBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Pepsi, Perrier, and the United States Army.

Tim continues as Music Director at Saint Peter Claver Church in West Hartford where he works with a sixty-voice choir of local renown.