Anyone have an idea on this? With one sitting on eBay at $1950.00 and the best offer I have seen on one with LPS and warranty at $2250.00. Is the 861v4 going the way of the 565 and 568? I hear that a V6 for sale with analog out could be had for $5000.00. It just seems that in the last 2 years these have seen a fifty percent decrease in value.
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Maybe that is mostly depending on the (non) future of the 861 for cinema freaks and absolute silence from M about development "new" things for audio and video ? Its bad for owners good for buyers..
To be fair, it was a 568.2, it didn't have the multichannel digital input though. that mm would have tripled it's value...
That said, £250 is still ridiculously cheap for a 568. I know this as I've been looking for them on eBay for months until I gave up and bought one on here
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It's crazy isn't it. It seems now unbelievable i got near to £400 on eBay for a 263 18 months ago when these processors offer so much versatility in a range of set ups.
The market has shifted somewhat clearly, but does the general hifi savvy public actually know what they are capable of/how great they sound?
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[quote=Tarik]To be fair, it was a 568.2, it didn't have the multichannel digital input though. that mm would have tripled it's value...
That said, £250 is still ridiculously cheap for a 568. I know this as I've been looking for them on eBay for months until I gave up and bought one on here
Not sure "tripled its value" is accurate, have a look at this For sale thread.
IMHO DSP7000 are very good looking speakers, but definitely fail to deliver the most important SQ, hence their short lived production life. More attuned as a replacement for 5500 than for 2 channel use, latterly fulfilled by the 7200 products.
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I have heard it said by some (not just Meridian) dealers that the market for home cinemas has dropped markedly, splitting into a very limited, high value, specialised install market (oligarchs etc) and a bigger but lower value market served by the likes of Onkyo and similar equipment. People like Meridian Hikers are just not buying much.
Perhaps Meridian are right to look in a different direction and we should just sit back and enjoy our installations rather than worrying about having the latest gizmo. I don't know about your equipment, but mine does work rather well (it should do - it cost enough). I am establishing a new cinema room, having moved, and although I have upgraded a bit (SEs, v6 to v8, 3300s instead of analogue surrounds) I am not planning major further spend on sound equipment. I will invest a bit in acoustic treatment, which I think will provide better returns.
By the way, some years ago (I think it was about 15) Yamaha came out with a cinema sound processor that derived height channels and used a couple of speakers very slightly forward of the listener/viewer on the ceiling. It actually sounded rather good (as part of a surround system) but it never caught on. Now we have Atmos, doing it properly so to speak. I wonder whether it will catch on - or go the way of 3D televisions.
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