My guess is that the 8000.2 will be upgradable, but not 8000.1. Making an upgrade economic for both Meridian and customer is a case of taking one standard configuration and moving it on to another standard configuration. I think there is probably too much to change on an 8000.1 to make it economic, but only Meridian will know this.

Anniversary 8ks are a special case and, at their price, no doubt there will be special treatment for the lucky owners.

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