Ronnie,

i agree absolutly with your solution as described with a),b) and c).

But that means that the AC12 is sitting by the 861,and you can leave your installed cables unchanged.
So how many SPDIF a AC12 have ?-for one,two three or four pair of DSP?
Is there any description from M of the AC12 or thats all rumours?

So with one(or more) AC12 sitting by the 861-
it is the same solution as your idea with the OA14 card,
the only difference that the card is internal in 861 and AC12 is a external box at the 861.

My second proposal (and so dit understand the usage of the AC12)
that this is backpack ON the the DSP (one for each pair)
So one speakerlink go daisy chain to all speakers.
Doing so, you have the sonic advantage of the cat cable and can save some $ on the (expensive) SPDIF cable if you have one
but you have to pay more to get this sonic advantage.
Or a better, more elegant solution is instaed to have that backpack,
to swap the interface board on the backside of the DSP.
Then you have also a possibility to get some voltage to supply this board-
as the voltage is allready on the "old" interface board.

Sorry about my english-hopefully that is clear now?

So its a owner choice to buy one of the three solution

a)OE14.. internal card in 861v6 with output of 4x SPDIF and com

b)AC12 at 861- external box by the 861v6 with 4xSPDIF and com

c)backpack or new interface board on DSP- speakerlink in and output

Robert



Originally Posted by Ronnie Hurley
And a further thought regarding the EIGHT by Speakerlink out on the 861.............

My original thought was that you would have the following at the back of your 861 (in a situation where you had SPDIF plus Comms Cables running from the back of your 861 out to each of the DSP pairs. Again, by far the most common current Meridian DSP Installation)

a) ONE off Speakerlink output to a Powered AC12, which would convert Speakerlink into SPDIF and Comms

b) You would connect your EXISTING SPDIF + Comms cable to the AC12 Output ports

c) Your Cables would then run as normal to each of the DSP Pairs


However, if there are really EIGHT by Speakerlink Outputs on the 861v6, does this mean that you would have TWO Speakerlink Inputs into each AC12, which would then convert that to ONE SPDIF + Comms???

My brain is beginning to hurt..............

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