Mr Meridian and John K

Thanks for your comments -- I felt that the 5200's bettered the 7k's in a comparison session in my own home. Not certainly in raw power or fast bass response, but certainly in the openness of the amplifier circuits as applied to the Mid/ Upper freq. range. My 7ks are blissful, but heavy.

Lilt, openness, detail, and imaging; the 5200's trounce my 7k's. This may be Software or hardware shortcomings.

Currently my DSP 7k's are operating: Ver:".5" left and "1.02" right. I am not sure how or why these differ. While my 5200's are on Soft ver: ".BC"

I have no friends with the 5500's to compare to, (Heck since getting the M gear I have less friends anyhow) but will look around for a dealer with DSP 55 and 5200's. The 55's are quite large though. As the 7ks don't fit the space, the 55's would likely be impossible.

Having said this (cosmetics aside), has anyone experience with the 5200/6000 comparison. Specifically the clarity improvements (if any) innate to the new 5200 Amp circuit/s v.s. the older models? Has this new triple amp system trickled down and been applied to all models?

In this case their may be a benefit to a hardware upgrade for DSP owners (like me) who feel as though their own DSP 7k's more heavy handed, and are not as fast as the 5200's

Alternatively John Kotches, Do you know of 7k's which may have differing software, and how to patch/update.

THanks.

Bernie

[This message has been edited by Blatent Liar (edited 04-27-2005).]