Now that it has finally started to ship has anyone actually tried a 271 and if so what are you trying it with and what Meridian setup are you comparing it to?

Given the current low prices for the Marantz SR7012 and AV7704 it now seems the time to make a move to a 7.2.4 Atmos/DTS:X/Auro-3D setup. With 4 DSP320's added it seems like I could move to a system far superior to my current one for home cinema and probably not far off if no worse in terms of music for less than £7k. I might even be able to squeeze in a 218 for that budget to take care of 2 channel MQA too.

I wouldn't even need my HD621 with such a setup so could recoup a little of the cost by selling it alongside my G61RSL. If nothing else with my now unused MD600, MS600 and G98DH I might even be able to get the upgrade cost below the £6k mark. Seems to good to be true for such an upgrade!

Has anyone a similar system or is contemplating one?

Also can anyone correct me if I am wrong but the RJ45 digital input on the 271 is not Audio over IP.

Many thanks,

Anthony.

Sources: MS600, Fidelity Audio Reference Oppo UHD-203, Roon/QNAP, AppleTV 4K
Processors: Arcam AV40, 271 x2, Lumagen 5348 with Keces P8
Speakers: DSP7200SE FL/FR, DSP5200SE VC, DSP3200 x11, DSP320.2 VOG, DSW x4
Display: JVC DLA-N7 with PK-EM2, Panamorph Phoenix Pro, 128" 2.37 Curved Silver Ticket AT Screen