As per Ian's post, my ranking of the DSP6000 and DSP7200 as being within a hair's breath of each other is based on BOTH Speaker Pairs receiving Upsampled Music, I.e. 88/24 from a (likely Meridian) CD Player or from a Meridian Processor like the 861v4 you mention. Comments also apply if the Music is High Res 24/96

In either of the above scenario's then I give an edge to the D6k's over the D7K2's. Both are very good performing speakers, and each have different Strengths and Weaknesses. Most people would be happy with either.

However, if feeding the D6k's / D7K2's with 16/44 material, from a Media Player or regular CD Player, then the Performance Edge goes back to the D7K2's (IMHO), due to the Apodizing / Upsampling in the D7K2's

Hope that clears things up and again, all IMHO

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