Hi Ronnie,

The information on the C15 having an "all new ground up Meridian" audio board came from two sources (both dealers) that had been to the Meridian dealers day at HQ last June.

808.x v 800D It's a fair point that you raise. However, it could be that an 800D/861v6 combination is very close to that of an 808.3.
I think to compare the merits of these sources what we need is to first remove the processor to get a benchmark.

800D --coax--> 8K
808.3 ---SL---> 8K
C15 -----SL---> 8K

Then add an 861v6 to the mix, with all sources into the processor and the DSPs driven from it.

The difficulty is how much kit you need to perform the tests, even Meridian Premium Partners would struggle. I don`t know of anyone who has: 861v6+ID40, 808.3, Sooloos C15 and at least one pair of 8000.2 DSPs

Regards,
Carl

PS I`ve had a week`s post "Oktoberfest" R&R at home, the early part of which was entertaining our guests from Switzerland who have been staying with us and the later part playing a lot of "live" tracks in search of apodizing nirvana. “Mini review part 3” is on the way.

861v6+ID40, HD621, 8000.2, 7200HC, 7200.2, SKYQ Silver, PS3, PDP-LX6090, QNAP TS870-Pro (8*6TB), Roon, iPadAir2.
[In Reserve] C15, MD600 (2*3TB), TwinStore RM (2*2TB)