Ronnie,

I have no doubt that you are correct about the superiority of higher bit-rate recordings but Meridian (well, Bob) has repeatedly said that the repertoire is king. This implies that making the huge range of CD material as good as possible takes precedence over marginal high res. formats.

Hence the 808.2 is at the top of the range.

However, I actually think that Meridian is better known for its digital theatre multichannel systems.

Malcolm