I have the Base 3.0 and I can verify that I cannot hear or see a difference between it and the Oppo. I even ran video test patterns and the settings are identical- at least on my setup- they go into a Radiance XE. What is interesting is my 861 v4 reports the output of the Oppo as MHR 6 channel 96khz when the Oppo is set to decode the audio to LPCM. However, when the Dune is set to decode the audio to PCM the Meridian reports PCM 6 channel 96khz. I do not hear a difference in quality- however I am wondering why the difference in reporting. Could it be just a metadata difference between LPCM and PCM. I have done a cursory Google search on PCM vs LPCM and I am not sure if there really is a difference.

Getting back to the point- I think there is a niche market for a product that will decode these formats and output PCM (or LPCM). For example, what if my satellite company begins transmitting with the high res formats- right now my satellite DVR cannot decode these formats and I doubt it would ever be able to do so. Im just curious and I think the number of streamers, sat boxes, sources will just increase over time.

Last edited by JerryL; 2010-04-27 16:56.
Best regards,
Jerry
Main System: 861v6, DSP8000s in corners, DSP7000s Center and Sides, 1-9 humans.