Hi David,

I have done/am doing almost what you have done/are thinking about.

I have changed my G91 for the Sonos. However, unlike you, we observed a not significant but noticable degrading of sound quality and cannot wait for Meridian to add a SPDIF input to the HD621 or make a HD621 equivalent for servers. It is just not "reasonable" for me to use a 808.2 to run the Sonos through.

Also as I have removed the G91 I will be ordering an Oppo and installing it in December. I also do not want to use 2 spinners as I never spin CD's anymore.

Perhaps if 200 HH's post here that they are doing something similar we would demonstrate to Meridian the potential market and will get a Meridian server solution that would be almost equivalent to the 808.2 soon.

Best wishes,

Home: DSP8000's, DSP5500HC, DSP5200's, 861v6>v8+ID41, MC200, HD621.
Oppo BDP-83, Kuro PDP-6020FD, Sennheiser HD650.
Hawaii: Meridian F80 with i80, iPod Classic 160GB.