Originally Posted by Gianni
I think the flexibility provided before by the MPMAX 221 and now by the 218 is sufficient and the correct approach.
I don't think that those devices would have close to enough transparency. I'm talking about an analogue input solution of MQA quality (which means sampling at very high rates).

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Otherwise every speaker would need a stereo A-D input which would only be used on the master in a stereo pair and would be redundant or cause difficult configuration issues in multi-channel set-ups (think centre used as master).
I'm sure Meridian could manage a mono A-D input per speaker if it needed to.

I was just musing.

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