I e-mailed Meridian a question concerning the firmware on my DSP5000C last night before retiring and a response from Dave Hall was waiting for me when I woke up and checked my e-mail this morning. I don't know of any other company with such great customer service!

The good news is:

"Thank you for the email. The software version of your speaker (4.003) confirms that this unit is 24/96 specification. The difference in the software is for MSR+ compatibility and I believe your speakers to be 7 segment not dot matrix displays. It is possible to have new software downloaded to your speakers and you use the same procedure as downloading to our processors/players."

561, DSP5500s, DSP5000C, analog sides and rears