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Gary Reber, the biggest DTS supporter, is the one who asked the question about half bitrate. The head of Sony's DVD authoring group is one smart guy, they do have the highest quality DVDs, and after his answer, Gary did not go any further. However I agree, they should have just dropped the DTS track. ;-) At any rate, when you use full rate, it takes up a lot more storage space on the disc. They are already spreading across two layers and unless you want to have a flipper or two dics, you hurt the video. You can probably email Sony and get a better answer.

Is the 564 the DAB? This is not a product for the US market so it was not shown.

Meridian also introduced a new 2-channel amplifier that is based on the same design as those found in the DSP 8000. A new CD player, the 507, was also introduced.

Yes, SMT not SMB. Guess I should stop making posts in the early AM with only a few hours of sleep each night. Thank you Andrew.

I believe they used a combo of SMT and through-hole in the past, but the new cards looked to be 100% SMT. I would have to look at some of the cards again.

yes, the 568 will get the same processing power as the 800. however, it will probably only be fitted with one card. (the 861 can support up to 8)

This release is really the plumbing for things to come.

The new analog output cards will have 192 kHz DACs. I do not believe they are required for DVD-A.

I think they plan to keep the IA40 and also offer the new IA4n's. The IA40 has two 6-channel inputs the new cards only have have 6-channel input. They removed the switching to keep the card as clean as possible. The IA00 will probably also remain current for normal sources.

Jaco was absent today. Hey Jaco, I hear had four virtual tickets.

The IE96 was a prototype card. I don't believe the new card uses that same number. They new digital input card has 6 s/pdifs. You can do two multi channel inputs, three single inputs and one multichannel input, or 6 single inputs.


Dude, your a freak! I will probably just get two, but if you are getting four, I will get eight! LOL. What are your thoughts on top mounting, so I can have a lower base, vs. mounting under a base. I will probably get two of them shortly.

They don't take back old cards. They may have some type of package to purchase the inputs/outputs, but no final pricing was done. They also said it should all be out before years end. That sounds like within the next 90 days. Again, no exact date was given.

598 will come after, after. Once they get the 800 out, they can then finalize the 500 series stuff.

Looks like PlatoonSgt will get his DTS soon.

And no Jerry, I did not have to take the stand.

BTW George, they did find it amusing that Meridian is a junior member of the Hitchhikers forum.

Frank should be posting the full details from the event since Jaco flaked out.

I had mentioned no analog bypass prior as a no go, I forgot to mention that SACD is a no go too. This should come to no suprise, well except for maybe one or two.