I have changed from 561 to 568 both running with analogue speakers (ATC Active Studio Monitors) rather like George.

I agree with him that the 561 has more hum and noise than the 568 - particularly the balanced outputs.

I find the analogue speakers superb in every way and, of course, are compatible with other manufacturer's equipment should I decide to move away from Meridian in the future. When I have heard the DSP speakers at demos I felt that they were quite "forward" in their presentation. This is just personal preference which is particularly important with speakers.

With analogue, upsampling is a non-issue as George points out.

Malcolm