Based on what I've seen of the way the G68 is built, I'm with VK. I don't have any firm info, but Meridian could have had a ton of extra margin if they'd stuck it all on one PCB. That upgradability costs them as much as it does us.

Think about the integration headaches with getting the right s/w on an 861 - an upgradable G68 would have the same issue. I think the problems are 'soft' rather than 'hard', and for that reason, I think that when the return is significant enough, M will deliver.

Just another opinion, though.

861v8, DSP5200, DSP5200HC, DSP5000mk2, UHD722, MF10, Prime, Prime PSU