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Details of the 800-series trade-up deal in the UK

- The trade-up runs from 1st February to July 31st 2010.

- All existing 861's (v1/v2/v3/v4) can be traded-in for a graphite, silver or black* 861v6 (and, presumably, Meridian Select colours at a 20% premium).

- All existing 808's and 808i's (.1/.2) can be traded-in for a graphite, silver or black* 808.3 (and, presumably, Meridian Select colours at a 20% premium).

- Dealers do what they want with the traded-in units. The units will not be going back to Meridian.

- Units may only be traded-in once. I assume that Meridian will do a serial number check on traded-in units.

861v6 trade-up prices

- Price when trading in an 861v1 or v2 = �7,500 (saving of �4000 vs. RRP of �11,500)

- Price when trading in an 861v3 or v4 = �6,500 (saving of �5000 vs. RRP of �11,500)

808.3 trade-up prices

- Price when trading in an 808(.1) = �7,500 (saving of �2,500 vs. RRP of �10,000)

- Price when trading in an 808.2 = �6,250 (saving of �3,750 vs. RRP of �10,000)


* TBC, but I've heard nothing to suggest that silver or graphite units will be at a premium, as suggested in another thread.

Well done VK, good to have some definite info.

Well, it looks a very good trade up deal, especially for older units if you were minded to upgrade anyway.

Cheers

George

I am very impressed by the pricing given that you will be getting a brand new unit, new warranty etc...

Thanks Joel
And now the 64 million dollar question (to which I don't expect an answer)

When will Meridian release a Firmware Update (including Apodizing) for the 861v4??????????????????????

To be honest, APODIZING would be the Main Driver causing me to upgrade. If it was coming soon to the V4 and more importantly that it would allow me to avoid those extra SPDIF Interfaces for each of my DSP's, then that would certainly give me pause about upgrading

Of course, I may as well try and "Catch Smoke" as try and get an answer to that!!!!

You're right on the money Ronnie. Crucial question and one that I doubt will be answered until after July

Given that, according to Bob (though he hasn't actually said so, the hints are so heavy, it would be a mighty climb-down if not true) the G6x will be getting apodizing.

But the trade-ins for the 861 are considerably more generous than for the 808 pro rata.

If all we get is Sooloos connection and a better analogue in then it is a high price indeed!

Thanks for the information. Second-hand values will drop like a brick if there is suddenly a glut of old units on the market through dealers!

I assume you trade in your 861 with the standard/basic set of cards ?

Meaning for a 861v4: C00, IE42 and IA00.

Without doing the maths, I expect its because the 808 includes the mandatory �2k Sooloos card which is an option of the 861. If you want Sooloos on 861, I guess you need to fork out another �2k.

Don't think this is the case

The Sooloos Card for the 808/861 is to allow you to ACCESS your Sooloos System from a DIFFERENT Room

In your main Music Room, you can Input your Sooloos thru the standard Speakerlink Input and then control it in the "normal" way

No imagine if you have e.g. a "Family" Room where you still want to access your Sooloos (in Sonos terms, think of Zones) then you would put the Sooloos Card into your 861, which allows you to control your Sooloos system remotely from that room using your MSR+ (only for currently playing Playlists however, according to the various CES Releases)

VK

how "offially" is that ?
Is something written from M or from a dealer of M ?
Who is the source of your infos ?

Ropbert

I think a 4000GBP - 5000GBP savings on units potentially 10 puss years old is amazing for those who are ready to upgrade. I really think that Meridian are giving 8xx owners a choice.

I really feel that Meridian is doing what they can short of giving away upgrades for free here. Just think of all the R&D that has gone into making spanking new architecture ready for the future and then ontop of that buying back old units. Who knows what plan they will have with those.

I think that this is a very fair promotion. I wish they would do a promo like that for some DSP speakers as it would be nice to upgrade my centre speaker in particular.