Well, I am now on the Meridian path, ordered what I hope should be a lovely pair of 'smiley face' 5Ks in cherry from Audio Images. Discussed it with Rick, who was very helpful and decided it would be a good way to 'dip my toe in' with the 5Ks being so reasonably priced, and resale value so good. I can always upgrade as funds allow, or use them as rears, or in a second system, right?

So, back to the source. Hm, I'm in two minds now, a lot of people are advising to go down the Sooloos route and start with an MC200. I don't know, I like spinning discs, and I haven't yet heard a HDD based system which can match a good CD player, although I haven't heard Meridian's attempt to do this yet, I must admit!

My other issue is Bluray/DVD playback, 2-channel to start with, as my PS3 doesn't have a coax digi-out, so I guess I'm in the market for a decent-ish Bluray/DVD transport. Can the DSP speakers decode a feed out from any DVD player in 2-Ch mode? I'm OK on stereo config, and get a bit woolly when it comes to home cinema...

Last edited by 3dit0r; 2012-06-14 04:10.
HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: Oppo BDP-105, TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, 551, Quad 303, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, Kimber cables, Russ Andrews mains and supports.
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200SL, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 502