Thanks George / Jonathan,

Sorry, another case of being seperated by a common language on my part. I mean't that the 562V2/3 might be too expensive (I dont know what there s/h values are) in the same way that the surround processors probably are. Ambiguous use of the word 'like'.

I have owned my M system (500CD / DSP 5000) since 1999 after ~10 years of constant upgrading Naim CDX / Audiolab 8000CD etc... and have always been more than happy with the sound quality (although I have never auditioned of M's newer CD Rom based transports!)

I agree with your views and I guess the next piece of the puzzle is getting some idea of s/h costs as this will ultimately decide my route.

Can anyone give me some idea of costs for s/h 518 / 562v2 / 561/5/8

I've seen:

562 eBay recently for �157
562V US eBay for $199

And a 562V which keeps reappearing on eBay for �365 but hasn't yet sold at this price level but not much in the way of 562v2/3 prices yet.

Cheers

Spencer

500CD MKII > 518 (V1.22) > DSP 5000 (V4.003) 24/96

MacBook Black > 518 (V1.22) > DSP 5000 (V4.003) 24/96