Originally Posted by Ronnie Hurley
Having looked at the 861 Data Sheet in detail and several times over, a few comments

a) There is a worrying lack of ANY mention of Apodizing. As this is such a HUGE part of what the 808.2 does and is such a differentiating feature for Meridian, it strikes me that Meridian would have it "front and centre" if Apodizing was actually included. Goodness knows, I hope I'm wrong!!!!

b) Seeing as how you could choose to connect a Sooloos Source to an 861 V6 via the Speakerlink input already included as standard on the IE44 card, for what reasons would I choose to spend an extra $2,000 on an ID40 Sooloos Card??

I read that using the ID40 Card, I can Control the Playlist on the Sooloos using the Meridian MSR+ and also a few other functions. Handy but hardly worth the extra $2,000

But then I go on to read the information below

Really, really, really hope I'm wrong here. But I cannot think of any other plausible explanation as to

a) why "Apodizing" is not mentioned as a Feature.
b) It's also the only rational explanation as to why Meridian could justify charging $2,000 extra for the card

Even more worryingly, if I'm correct, then the ID40 has ONLY an RJ45 connection for connection to a Sooloos. If the ID40 is the ONLY route to Apodizing in the 861-V6, then that means that other SB3 / Sonos Media Players cannot avail of Apodizing thru the 861-V6!!!

Would welcome any other plausible explanations!!! Really hope I'm wrong here


Hi Ronnie,

I'm with you on this. It seems an odd absence from the documented line up. If it were such a good thing and we were to still hold faith that updates would be coming as we were once informed, I can't see how it makes sense that apodizing is not a key feature of the 861v6 or the other bits of kit. To suggest it's only for the flaghip player doesn't makes sense as it exists in the HD621 and 5200's.

As for explanations ?......

- it could be proving technically challenging to do within the existing upsampling architecture. My dealer certainly indicated that 8k's might not get apodizing via a f/w update (he also said processors would though). Whether it was worth limiting MRC filters to allow apodizing cycles to run would be an interesting test I expect. My G68 is back for repair at the moment so they'd be welcome to test it on mine wink

- it could be that M may proceed with a ��$$ charging model for the apodizing updates. Whilst very un-Meridian like it could be a necessity from a business p.o.v. How this would be controlled and distributed I am not sure.

- Just a result of a rushed publication. We believe that resources have been impacted in recent months at HQ so stuff like this will have a likelihood of happening. i.e. it's just an ommission...perhaps.

Cheers

Rgds,
Nick