Ian,

Many thanks. I'm not fretting about cabling (for once!) - 'just' the system components.

The 861 + 5500s in my theatre stay as is. I have an old pair of D5Ks and the Sooloos C15 which I like very much.

So, I would be in the market to probably replace the D5Ks with D8Ks for my main listening room and a mix of other DSPs elsewhere - most probably DSP3200 pairs.

As mentioned earlier, an MC200 + iPad in each room (zone) was last week's 'solution' but the as yet 'unannounced' MC600 changes that (this week's solution!). Also, I was thinking about C15s but would it be correct to imply that with MC200/600 that iPad will get full operability support? In which case, I can strike C15s off the list - at no inconsiderable cost saving and simplification of (tethered) wiring complexity...

I've also had it, on pretty good authority, that non-M storage is going to be allowed - when, I don't know - so don't ask! But that then starts to mitigate against MC600 depending on price - which is unannounced...

Whilst I don't expect a road map from M(!), you can see that, wiring aside, trying to configure a 'system' with lots of Sooloos and DSP sales in the offing, is nigh-on impossible with announced and un-announced products and features.

Normally, I base my 2011 decisions on the just-released 2011 price list but that's already seriously out of date - 8 days into the new year...

Zander

861v6, 800, HD621, DSP5500 (x7), DSP5000 (x2), Sooloos C15