Good to know that ordering the AES cable was the right move smile I'm hoping to find out later today what the lead time is going to be (I've already paid for it, but they didn't know exactly when it would arrive).

I was hoping to try the 818 today with the SPDIF coax cable, but it seems these ports were removed from the configuration when the unit went back to Meridian for a repair - I've ordered a Surface tablet to run the Meridian configurator.

On the bright side, Meridian have agreed a path forward with my ID41 crashing every few hours (for those who know about this ongoing saga over the past couple of years).

Prolific music listener / Hi-Fi addict!