Meridian Audio
| Industry | Audio/Visual Consumer electronics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1977 |
| Founder | Bob Stuart, Allen Boothroyd |
| Headquarters | Huntingdon, England |
| Products | Loudspeakers, home theatre equipment |
| Website | Official website |
Meridian Audio is a consumer audio and home theatre equipment manufacturer based in the United Kingdom. Bob Stuart and Allen Boothroyd founded the company in 1977 under the name Boothroyd-Stuart. In 1985 the company released a CD player under the brand name, Meridian. The company also created the lossless compression format Meridian Lossless Packing (used by DVD-Audio) in 1998 and the lossy Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) format in 2014.