Hi George, Ronnie,

I must confess I expected that feeding the 861v6 with 44K from the 800D, so that the v6 could apodize, would yield better results. However, this was not the case for me. I do take on board VK`s comment "live acoustic v studio" and admit that I did play more studio productions than live and this may have a baring on what I heard.

Originally Posted by Ronnie
I think we need to be careful to say that Carl is NOT saying that he prefers the (older) Upsampling in the 800 to the Apodizing / Upsampling in the 861v6

Absolutely, the v6 with apodizing when fed with a low jitter signal is definitely superior. If the 800D could output 44K MHR and not just 44K PCM that might have tipped the balance.

Originally Posted by Ronnie
I'd be reasonably certain that if Meridian were to replace the older "Upsampling" Algorithm in the 800 with their more up to date Apodizing Algorithm, then Carl would prefer that result

I would like to think so wink

Originally Posted by Ronnie
Originally Posted by Carl
What's extraordinary is how the 861v6 has reduced the void between DVD-A
and CD replay; both in terms of smoothness and dynamic range.

If it was 88k material (as per your Sooloos comparison comments), then do you think that there is a lot more going on within the 861v6 than just Apodizing (as obviously this would not be in play with incoming 88/24 material)?

This comment related to native 24 bit 96K DVD-A material from the 800D (which for me is the ultimate standard) compared to Redbook 16/44K material on the Sooloos/ID40. The v6 has closed the gap by boosting the performance of Redbook material to new levels that now approach that of native hi-res material. It`s hard for me to say if the v6 has also improved 96K material, I suspect so but I think my room is now the limiting factor not the Meridian kit. It would have been interesting to have hung on to my v4 for a while to compare the two.

What I can confidently say is that for me there is no doubt that the ID40 which avoids any SPDIF conversions and delivers [arguably] zero jitter PCM audio data directly on to the v6`s internal bus is the most optimum solution for 2 channel Redbook material and I have no doubt for hi-res too.

I do intend to RIP some 2-channel DVD-A 24/96 material and do a some back to back tests with the 800D, but this will not be for a few weeks.

Regards,
Carl

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