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Hi Jaco, hope your well, not spoken in a while! you would get a brand new unit on the trade in hence the ability to colour change or indeed pay the price difference and get a rack version instead  We should meet at ISE for a beer Good idea to meet, bad idea for that beer. (non beer drinker) Which day(s) are you there ? I work like 4 KM from the RAI building, so 1 metro stop for me. I can come 2-4 februar basicly i fly in on the 2nd, leave on 4th, maybe we should start a thread for a meetup for HH attendees! i have meeting all day on the 2nd, how about meeting up at say 3pm on the 3rd?
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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. Wow! i need to find 12,750 quid to upgrade my 808i.2 and 861 V.4 to the new boys. My 808 is from late 2008 and the 861 from early 2009. The upgrade prices are almost identical to the price I paid for each item. Ouch.
Avid Acutus, SME V, Benz Micro LP / Van den Hul Colibri XGP, Audio Research Ref 2 Phono
Meridian Sooloos C15 + MD600
CH Precision C1 DAC
Constellation Audio Virgo and Centaur Monoblocks
Sonus Faber Aida
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@howiebrou, welcome to the club!
Audio: Triad Monitor Golds, Surround Golds, Silver Subwoofers; Procella P-18 Subwoofer; QSC DCA 16622s, 1644, 3422, BASIS 922uz; ADA MACH IV B
Other: APC S-15s; Crestron
Sources and Video: Ran out of characters .....................
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@howiebrou, welcome to the club! We need a bereavement fund for those of us in pain! howie
Avid Acutus, SME V, Benz Micro LP / Van den Hul Colibri XGP, Audio Research Ref 2 Phono
Meridian Sooloos C15 + MD600
CH Precision C1 DAC
Constellation Audio Virgo and Centaur Monoblocks
Sonus Faber Aida
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i fly in on the 2nd, leave on 4th, maybe we should start a thread for a meetup for HH attendees!
i have meeting all day on the 2nd, how about meeting up at say 3pm on the 3rd? Excellent, i did sent you a personal message too.
Sold all M equipment
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I wonder why M did not make an AC12 box per speaker ... that might have given us better placement options. I understand the need for additional electrical outlets ... but I would have preferred that option. I am sure many on the forum feel differently.
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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In the absence of a much needed 4 x SPDIF output card, I would prefer a one box AC12 to sit behind the processor, much like the AC11 in functionality. One additional power outlet, and it utilises all the current wiring.
Or better still, just get that 4 x SPDIF into production!
Cheers
George
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In the absence of a much needed 4 x SPDIF output card, I would prefer a one box AC12 to sit behind the processor, much like the AC11 in functionality. One additional power outlet, and it utilises all the current wiring.
Or better still, just get that 4 x SPDIF into production!
Cheers
George My understanding is that the AC12 is in a half-width 1U sized box and that two of them can be mounted together in a 1U rack space. Four of them would be required for 7.1 DSP speakers with SPDIF/COMMS connections, so a 2U rack space would be required for a full DSP setup.
561, DSP5500s, DSP5000C, analog sides and rears
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I agree .. I was hoping that I could drop a AC12 (one per M unit DSP or Processor) and get the CAT5/CAT6 functionality .. that would have been awesome from my point of view. That said, M might have thought of a better reason.
861v6, HD621, DSP6000s, DSP5k5HC, DSP5000s, Planar 470, Sonos, BD 50, Dune 3.0, NAS, htpc
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My understanding is that the AC12 is in a half-width 1U sized box and that two of them can be mounted together in a 1U rack space. Four of them would be required for 7.1 DSP speakers with SPDIF/COMMS connections, so a 2U rack space would be required for a full DSP setup. I have heard that it is best to rewire with the speakerlink cable to the first of every speaker pair, placing the AC12 behind the first slave speaker (as a backpack) before passing to the second with the existing Meridian digital speaker cable. This maximizes the runs of balanced digital audio from processor to speaker and minimizes potential interference.
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Working on the ultimate question
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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. Wow! i need to find 12,750 quid to upgrade my 808i.2 and 861 V.4 to the new boys. My 808 is from late 2008 and the 861 from early 2009. The upgrade prices are almost identical to the price I paid for each item. Ouch. Plus, if you need analog output capability in the 861v6, that is going to cost you another 1,500 quid or so!
My Kit: 861v8+ID41, 800v4, UHD722, MD600, MS600, MS200, Oppo BDP-203, Genesis 201, Genesis 350 SE, Genesis S4-8 Sub, BG 520i, VTL MB450 II, Krell Showcase 7, Genesis 928 Subs, Danley DTS10 sub, SVS Ultra 16 subs.
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The AC12 handles:
SpeakerLink --> SPDIF, COMMS & RS232 for a pair of DSPs.
........... <-- MASTER COMMS
I would like to see a couple of alternative small & simple boxes, one per speaker.
Master Version
SpeakerLink --> SPDIF, COMMS.
........... <-- MASTER COMMS
Slave Version
SpeakerLink --> SPDIF, COMMS
Nice & simple and installed either at DSP end or Process end to suit.
861V6 --SpeakerLink------------------> Box --SPDIF+comms--> DSP
OR
861V6 --SpeakerLink--> Box ------------------SPDIF+comms--> DSP
Regards
Carl
861v6+ID40, HD621, 8000.2, 7200HC, 7200.2, SKYQ Silver, PS3, PDP-LX6090, QNAP TS870-Pro (8*6TB), Roon, iPadAir2.
[In Reserve] C15, MD600 (2*3TB), TwinStore RM (2*2TB)
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