For those considering an 808.2i instead of an 861v6...........

This is also something I've been looking at for seriously for the last few months and waiting to see what Meridian said at CES before jumping in. A few comments

** Having looked at adverts in the Restaurant here and elsewhere over the past 12 months, it appears a good price for a used 808.2i is about �5,000 to �5,500 in the UK. This is not a huge difference from the 861v6 Trade-Up offer

** Assume for a moment that the "rumours" are indeed correct, i.e. that the 861v6 offers Apodizing on a par (or higher if my sources are correct) than the 808.2i

** Because of the MIPS available, Meridian have claimed that the Apodizing Implementation in the 808.2i offers better performance than that available thru the HD621

** Using Cinemasquid as a reference, there are currently 1,159 Bluray Movies with a TrueHD 16/48 Audio Track. The rest of the TrueHD and DTS-HD MA Movies are 24/48. Apodizing and RE still have a significant part to play in improving the audio replay of those movies

** If you accept the above points, then also remember that the 808.2i offers Apodizing over 2-channels only, while the 861v6 offers Apodizing over 8 channels. A not insignificant difference!!!

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