I think Meridian does need to support 7.1 discrete in order to play the numbers game on $10K processor. But I believe in practice it's not that big a deal.

Go buy an Onkyo.

By the way with DSP Speakers you could accurately setup 7.1 discrete with G68 and HD621. Tricky and complicated but I believe doable. I've explained how before.

Please no PM's asking my how.

- Fiddler (IMHO)

If you think listening to music is fun, try learning an instrument.
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