A few months ago, I had the third replacement PSU fitted in my G68XXV and I felt that enough was enough and that it was time to update my system to take into account newer formats. Just getting a UHD722 would still leave me with the annoying G68 so I looked further afield and finally decided to get a Marantz AV8805A to replace my G68/HD621 combination. I decided on this model from the relatively few balanced output AVPs available. As it is due to be replaced soon with a new model, the pricing is currently very good at <£3,000. It also can do 8K should I ever need it.

I have had the AV8805A as the core AVP in my system for 3 months now and I have been very pleased with its performance on all kinds of source material. It has linear PSUs with toroidal transformers so should not suffer from the dreaded Meridian PSU issues.

So, my solution to "Is there an alternative to the UHD722?" is more radical than you might have expected. smile

Malcolm