Originally Posted by VirusKiller
2) Available cards: It seems to me that 861 owners with certain card configurations may not be able to swap their 861v4s for v6s without losing some functionality. As things stand, according to the 861v6 data sheet, there is no phono card, no balanced digital input card, no balanced analogue input card, no component video switching card, etc. ...

I was sorry to lose the balanced analogue input card as an option in v6. I spoke with Richard Hollinshead (Meridian's head of engineering) about this and he said there is very little call for such a card. Our store does a lot of high-end two-channel work, so for us and many of our clients it's important. Richard said there might be a way to modify v6 to accept balanced analogue that would sound even better than the old input card. If this card is important to you, please let me know. The more people who ask for it the more likely we can push this engineering effort forward.

Some other cards (such as video) were removed to improve sound quality. Some, for other reasons. If there are cards (whether older cards no longer supported or cards that have never existed) that people think are important, please let your dealer know so we can get these requests to Meridian.

Thanks,
Michael

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