The biggest reason, besides price, to use the CI with its intention to be used in a DSP installation is the higher digital channel availability.
Plus, confirmed with Trinnov, if so desired, you could utilise 2 x Meridian 271's for two separate 16-channel home-cinema systems.
Alternatively, run a 16-channel Meridian system in one room via DB25, and a second system via Dante RJ45 cabling to a Dante equipped Amplitude16 in another room.
The caveat is that you cannot operate 2 separate systems at the same time on the Altitude CI (unlike Storm|Audio).