After more listening, 'working' my way through some favorite CD's that I know very well, the Meridian combo is definitely one of those audiophile/music lover revelations vs. my old MC12. There's more air, soundstage depth and organic flow and speed to the music, and the unpredictablity of where a note is exactly going to go because of recovered decay and whatever else. Bottom line, the music makes my heart beat faster and my toes tap.

But I guess you all know this already.

Some parameter questions that I don't see much explanation for in the manual. Using Trifield, for example, how and what should Centre EQ be set to and what are the differences between the choices? Can someone explain the rear filter setting -- I don't want to guess.

I believe I've seen a Pronto file somewhere -- does this allow for direct access to surround modes and DSP parameters?