I think that can be deduced from the mere existence of the 271 – you’d hardly release a product enabling competitor products if you had your own imminent solution. I would guess any next gen Meridian processor is 3 years+ away. The appearance of these new cinema audio formats has really messed up M’s model – it used to be decode in the player, now it’s decode in another’s processor.


Main system - Sources (Kodi-HTPC, Vero 4k, FireTV, Sat) into Trinnov Altitude 32 (8-16) (+Roon), Trinnov Amplitude 8 amp & Vivid Audio (Giya G3, V1.5) and REL Stentor III speakers. Others: F80 + Raspberry Pi and other Pi systems.