Like many on here, I am dismayed by the time it is taking for MQA to be launched in any meaningful way. When I demo'd the system a couple of years ago, I really thought I was hearing the future. Now, because of the inordinate amount of time it is taking for a substantial back catalogue of MQA material to become available, I fear it may well go the way of DVD-A...

I had been holding off upgrading my 818v2 to v3, intending to only do the upgrade once MQA was finally here, but Rick's post of the summer upgrade discounts got me thinking again...

To help me decide whether to go for the upgrade now, can anyone with direct experience, or indeed merely informed opinion(!), give their thoughts on these questions:-

1) Does the 818v3 offer tangible SQ improvements when listening to Sooloos / RBCD source material, over v2?

2) Does the 818v3 actually (heaven forbid) sound worse with such material, compared to v2?

3) If I upgrade to v3 now, will v4 be announced before the ink on my cheque is dry...?!

Thanks, Neil

Main listening room - DSP5200SE
Satellite(!) listening room - DSP3200, AC200, 818v3, 500, 504, MC200, Humax Foxsat HDR (for recording radio), Slingbox Solo
Townshend Elite Rock Turntable, Nakamichi RX-202E Cassette (for old times' sake)