Originally Posted by VirusKiller
I would be surprised if the apodizing in the 861 is inferior to the 808.2's because the 861 is a reference product.
Whether we agree with them or not, Meridian have stated for 10+ years now that the Upsampling (previous non-Apodizing version) in the 800 Player was always superior to that available in the 861 itself, in spite of both being "Reference" products

Also, that this "advantage" was down to implementation and fine-tuning and not just because it was happening Earlier in the chain (which they said brought other advantages)

We can obviously disagree with their conclusions, but they have been very consistent with this statement for as long as the 800 Series has been around. And obviously both the 800 and 861 were their "Reference" or Flagship products

Last edited by Ronnie Hurley; 2010-01-04 18:22.
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