Hi again,

Forget your assumptions you are just digging a hole for yourself. The SpeakerLink outputs are labelled.

[Linked Image from Meridian-audio.info]

As you can see from the photo, there are 8 RJ45 sockets arranged in pairs with each pair being dedicated to two audio channels.

For any given pair, it does not matter which way round the DSPs are connected other than the MASTER DSP must be in the 'master' row of it respective socket pair.

The user has the choice whether to run each DSP back to the processor or daisy-chain them in DSP pairs.

In a 7.1 system:
a 'home run' system would use 8 RJ45 sockets.
a 'daisy-chain' system would use 4 RJ45 sockets.

The processor is indifferent on how one connects them up.
It has been suggested that 'home run' provides the best SQ, but I could not hear any difference on my system.

Regards,
Carl

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