Meridian, Meridian, Meridian. Why... Why.. Why is there no discrete 7.1 in the G68. Please track down the employee that made that decision and flog him.
I suspect because the G68 is over 5 years old and no matter how much anyone tries to dress up the SL version as 'new', its still a 5 year old unit with new output (non optional) 'option' which pre dates 7 channel discreet PCM.
as I said before, I think the lack of 7.1 discrete digital input on all but the latest 861 is a "dirty little secret" of the meridian processor line, and if you're listening meridian, people are clearly getting confused and disappointed with your product. the last thing a luxury manufacturer wants is people starting off disappointed with your products.
I think it would have been a secret if Meridian had sneaked 7.1 discreet on to their 5 year old product. As far as most are concerned, it will be thought of as a consolidation of the standard G68 range (ie 6 channel discreet input via MHR smartlink) with speakerlink outputs replacing the SPDIF digital out option even if internally there may be some subtle changes.
People have to face up with the fact that, no matter how expensive the G68 seems, the G series is Meridians budget range and it is not uncommon for a budget range to have less features than a premium range to differentiate the products. They are a relatively small company who do not have the same resources of Sony, Denon etc and release a new product each year. Meridian products typically remain unchanged for years at a time only having only subtle production runs. The G68 is over 5 years old in in this time has only been subtly updated with USB audio input, speakerlink output and some internal changes.
Maybe the 'dirty little secret' is not informing people that a product that sounds this good is not a new product but is actually over 5 years old.
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