I am looking into upgrading my processor which is currently a G68 to either a 861v8 processor or to a non-Meridian processor. One difficulty has been that I have not been able to find a dealer within a couple of hundred miles that even has a 861 of any type with any speaker other than a Meridian speaker and I have not found any dealer who could provide a demo that would work with analog speakers.

This makes it pretty hard to judge the possible improvement in sound quality with the set up that I currently have (B&W 800D speakers, Classe amps).

If anyone has any opinions from personal experience or any ideas, I would appreciate it.

Thanks.

861v8+ID41, MD600, HD621, B&W 800Ds, 802Ns, HTM1D, Classe CAM 400s, Classe CA5300, Oppo 105, PS4, Prime Headphone Amp., Audeze LCD-3, Sony VW1100ES.