Hi Carl,

The tech guy said that he has set up several Meridian units and seemed to be familiar with the set up, but he thought that there should be a microphone for the room correction.

I am really disappointed. I was really looking forward to spending time with the 861v8 and seeing how much different it is from the G68.

The dealer is going to contact Meridian to see what to do.

Now I am not sure whether it makes sense to purchase this unit, even if Meridian fixes it. They are offering me a discount from MSRP on the unit, but I am not sure whether it is a fair discount. I thought that a demo unit should be more than 20% less than a new unit's MSRP, but don't really know.

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.