I can see that splitting the leads avoids the need for the patch box.

The puritan in me finds it a bit disturbing that the COMMs are arranged in a daisy chain and the DIGITAL in a star of daisy chained pairs! Wouldn't look nice on a diagram! eek

I think it is neater to run the 2 together where possible.

Now, I must get back to transcribing the User Guide into latin! wink

Meridian 596 DVD for CD
Panasonic TV and BluRay
Meridian 565 Surround Proc (4.1)
Conrad Johnson Power Amp, Avalon Symbols (Front)
Rotel Power Amp and Neat Critiques (Rear)
REL Sub
Thinking about 218