Originally Posted by Albert
Just curious, which processor are you going to replace the 861v8 with, for conducting multichannel music playback you will need an AV processor, right? Trinnov?
None. The 861/HD621 has been in an audio-only music system for years. I can listen to discs via the analog outputs of my Oppo player but, generally, I rip my discs and store the files on my NAS. My HT is located elsewhere.

P.S.: I do not doubt that there will be a Meridian 861 solution for AV/HT but it is not clear that it will have the open support for multichannel file playback that I have now. The 861/HD621 have been out of my playback system for more than a year.

Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile