Hi Dgerol,

Unfortunately HDMI is not simple, but the main reason Meridian went for an external device was to avoid injecting HF noise into the internals of the 861's case to the detriment of SQ.

That said, I do feel the UHD722 (and to a degree the HD621) are missing some functionality ... such as internal decoding of the Dolby Digital / DTS and their more recent variants (including Atmos) upto 8 channel PCM to feed the 861.

Regards,
Carl

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