Bill,
Have you ever had the Control:10 and Ensemble connected together with a cable? Or used one in a dealer? And how does it compare to the wireless set-up you use?
In particular the speed with which a track starts to play once selected, and how fast the album covers populate onto a page when you skip through them quickly?
I don't think the move to the ID40 will affect the speed at all so you should be fine with it as you have it, its not as though it needs any more data than the Control:10. Obviously using Control:10 into 808.2 gets to use the apodising and FIFO in the 808.2 which is why it is superior in performance to speakerlink straight to speakers and is the preferred way to do it.

Robert,
That was from inside Meridian. How much 'better' and how big the steps are, and if they are audible or not I suppose will depend on each invividual system and each listeners perceptions. I think the differences between CD in 808.3 and ID40 will be pretty subtle, but it will be interesting to hear when we get our demo unit and get it hooked up! If they're both any better than 808.2 then they'll be pretty special!

Rick

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