I figure there is no harm in explicitly asking for this. JK - this is a long "question", but I felt it important to give a reasonable amount of context.

Please would Meridian consider publishing a coarse roadmap or statement of intent (nothing more) for some or all of it's products and technology? e.g. 861, handling of LPCM over HDMI, handling new HD audio bitstreams, >8 channel support, G46, firmware upgrades, etc.

There is a big difference in revealing information that would be commercially sensitive and publishing information that would stem the obvious increase in frustration and annoyance that many on this forum are clearly experiencing.

Meridian has to realize that by not doing so is generating ill feeling within its most die hard customer group who have invested much in the Meridian brand. Not revealing even rough intended timescales also suggests that Meridian, as an organization, is not capable of holding to any published release schedule.

I am sure that I'm not the only hiker for whom the lack of information from the Mothership is holding up other, non-Meridian purchases. For instance, in the specific case of the HDMI solution, I can understand if Meridian cannot commit to a date (for political, technological and hardware availability reasons), but can they reveal any information about their strategy that would help customers plan future purchases? e.g. Do they need to get hold of the HDMI stream first before anyone else modifies it (e.g. audio delay)? A white paper in this area would be most useful.

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