Thank you Michael and good point. I am less than enamored with the fact that my cost will be probably around $19k (figuring the cost of 4 AC12 units). BUT-- Ill never forget when I bought an Apple Computer in 1983 and a few weeks later the next revision was out and I went back to see if I could get an upgrade and they said I was out of luck. Welcome to technology. An interesting point about how long our gear has held up- in some cases- and in mine for sure, I just walked by what looks like an ancient piece of equipment: CRT computer monitor made in 1999 by Sony. Its big, bulky, ugly. State of the art back then. Now many computers couldn't even drive it! Yet my 861 which was bought the same year is still working great. Yes I've had to support it over the years but the point is Meridian set out to build as upgradable as possible a processor and I think they succeeded. Now its time for the next architecture. I don't expect it to last in perpetuity, at some point, hopefully in the range of 10+ years they might move to a new architecture or something else all together. Technology marches on!

Best regards,
Jerry
Main System: 861v6, DSP8000s in corners, DSP7000s Center and Sides, 1-9 humans.