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Hi glzzE, thanks....

Something I've also tried to research is the Meridian "sound" - to me the goal of HiFi is that it shouldn't have any "sound" by definition - and I always believed that the combination of TMA kit + B&W was pretty uncoloured (which I now know / believe to be only a very slight misconception) but I'm not sure that I understand your comment about TMA being "fast / lively / exciting" ? In that case how would you describe Meridian ?

For more info, the 861v6 + HD621 is a "done deal" and I'm not going to change that now despite my concerns with apodising / upsampling - the HD621 was part of the package I was offered & is of course the (Meridian) solution to the "HDMI problem" that most pre-pro's literally don't have !

Also, I already have 7.1, although of course I'm not truly using it, so whatever I do I'll hang on to my 4 surround speakers & the accompanying TMA amp until I ever decide to make them active too - or not....
Oh, surround music's not really something I'm really excited about either - although you wouldn't believe it if you saw what's on my CD / DVD racks ! Therefore, as mentioned, I'd only be looking at some wall-mount DSP's later rather than 5500's or whatever.

Understand your comment about the SW1600 - I was originally considering 2 for music but only backed-off because of the additional cost ! The DSP7200's definitely go down low - gave them a real work-out during my demo....

I can't have a vertical centre because of my room arrangements : my projector screen drops-down & a DSP7200HC would be ridiculous overkill (IMHO) & too expensive, therefore the potential choice of DSP5500HC.

And as you mention, the quality of sound at different volume levels is a consideration as I'm in a city-centre apartment, although I'm very lucky in that I only annoy 1 of my neighbours (!) because I'm in the top flat & have no shared walls.

Thanks for the comments !