Originally Posted by AudioImages
I see I will have to be very careful with the precise wording of my posts!
Not at all Rick. I happen to agree 100% with what you are saying and it's something that I've been something I've been saying for a good number of years

Some people here have been saying that Apodizing is Apodizing (or in the old days Upsampling (old version) was Upsampling). i.e. it didn't matter where or which product was doing it. Likewise with Resolution Enhancement

My own opinions (based on Meridian's statements but also what I've heard personally) have been

a) It matters WHICH Meridian Product is doing the Apodizing, as Meridian have different implementations in different Products as well as spending more time fine-tuning certain implementations (e.g. 808.2i)

b) It matter WHERE IN THE CHAIN that Apodizing takes place, with earlier almost always being better

Which leads nicely on to the next question.

Making the Assumption (which I think is a fair one) that the Apodizing implementation in the 861v6 is superior to that in the much simpler and cheaper HD621, will Meridian change the MConfig Program to allow the Apodizing / Upsampling in the HD621 to be switched off???

Despite the HD621 being marginally earlier in the Processing Chain than the 861v6, I assume one would still want the 861v6 to perform the Apodizing on all the 6-8 Channels from a Bluray disc, rather than allow the HD621 to do it???

Your comments welcome

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