If you have a look at blu-raystats.com and look at technical stats, you can see that out of 2983 blu-rays currently released, although 2098 have lossless soundtracks, 901 are 24-bit, 172 have 7.1 channels, and only 16 have 96kHz sampling.

So for all the talk of 7.1 24/96k soundtracks, the reality is that majority make do with 5.1 16/48k soundtracks. At least they're usually lossless. Given the raw material, I'd probably put most confidence in Meridian to make the most of that surprisingly limited bottle-neck.

I have a G68J, and yes, I'd rather it had a proper 7.1 capability like everything else on the market. It is what it is, but I think I share Gary and David's frustration that Meridian do not make it clear what their equipment can and cannot do. I think the real problem is not that the G68 doesn't do 7.1 audio - its that M don't say that it doesn't.

Question for Gary - if the dealer and the brochure had made it clear that the G68 only accepted 5.1 audio - would you still have bought it?

Nick