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Actually, you will go directly from 808v3 or 808v5 to v6. The 808v3 to v5 upgrade package is being discontinued.

Joel

That would require two upgrade kits:

808v3 to v6 would need cards plus LPS

808v5 to v6 would just need the cards.

Cheers

Russ

That's true. I simplified matters (I have investigated this thoroughly with my dealer and Meridian).

In short:

• Going from v3 to v6 sensibly does not require you to buy the v5 digital input card which has been removed from the v6.
• The ID41 card is *optional*, because some 808v3 owners will already have made the upgrade.
• The LPSU upgrade is also an option.

Clearly though, you need the cards, including ID41 if you don't already have it, and the LPSU upgrade.

I may have posted this elsewhere here but at a recent MQA event I was told to get by 808 from v3 to v6 would require the following changes.

-New Digital In card
-New Digital out card
-New Analogue out card
-Update ID40 to ID41

-Update Switched Mode to Linear power supply (I had been previously told that here we cannot get the other updates without the new power supply, Not sure that is 100% accurate)

There will be a package available in August for this. I do not need to pay for v5 then v6.

From what I have been told (from someone who should know) you will need to go from a v6 to v8 and then to the "v9".

Gary

Meridian will sort something out w.r.t. v6 to v9 which does not involve purchasing redundant v8 cards. The specific update is not yet on the table, but neither is the 861v9 itself...

I want the v9 to address DSD including multi-channel and to handle the highest sampling rates. These technologies are selling right now. I also want DSP to adjust height on center channel when using analog outputs, which Meridian does already with a digital speaker setup. ATMOS won't fly because it's too cumbersome for the home. It would have take hold before Meridian would touch it.

This is exactly what I have been asking for and my 861v8 is waiting for.

Yes! Multichannel music Love for the 861v9!

While DoP (native DSD over PCM) is being added why not support the complete multichannel part of the DoP specification in a Premium multichannel audio processor like the 861v9?

Interesting 2-page discusson on XMOS kits, multichannel USB and DoP DSD support

Next on the list was that multichannel USB port we talked about a decade ago, still valid today and tomorrow.

Where's the MC music content coming from?

Google for samples and Kal probably have more suggestions.

https://www.nativedsd.com

I have been railing about this for a while and not just to Meridian. If you look at all the mch AVRs and prepros on the market, I do not know of any that will do this via USB or ethernet even though they tout their streaming/networking talents. (I have been told that Pioneer AVRs can do this with ethernet but cannot confirm it with personal experience.)