I think anyone shopping for a new surround processor obviously needs to do their homework especially if they are thinking of spending in the range it takes to buy a new 861.
The 861v8 is a wonderful product for 7.1 but if you want anything more (Dolby Atmos etc.) now or later don’t count on an upgrade from M. IMHO the writing has been on the wall for a while (M is out of the surround sound processor business).
A second hand 861v8 at a great price (if 7.1 is sufficient) is still tough to beat for sound quality.
Yeah, you're right, but yet they are still selling these items brand new at a pretty penny. It's a shame though with Meridian being at the dawn of surround sound and highly influential in the area for them to effectively abandon any further development.
I'm kinda surprised that they haven't merged the 271 into the G65 and 861 tbh. If you were able to buy a G71/871 that did what the G65 does now, and accepts a full atmos input from another processor then you'd feel you've at least got an upgrade path, but as it stands right now, it feels a little bit like the surround sound processors are a bit of a dead end, or a plaster to enable you to use the DSP speakers which are their real product. Would many people buy a new Meridian surround sound processor for use with non-M speakers?
are they doing much new product development btw? when was their last new set of speakers?
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