Some people are running close/beyond to the 12 (?) source logical source limit. Any plans to increase this?
That's a very good question which we've discussed before here.
Having Meridian sources telling the processor that the stream is Music/Movie 2/6 is great as the processor can switch automatically between different presets. However, most sources are not Meridian and we have to work around this problem (music and movies from the same component) using phantom sources. As Ian says, many people are pushing close to the 12 boundary (I know I am) and for some, 12 logical sources are not enough.
Two questions arise from this:
1a) Would Meridian consider the implementation of manual selection of the pre-defined Music/Movie 2/6 per-source presets for non-SmartLink sources? Perhaps these could be accessed,
for instance, via the coloured dot buttons on the MSR+?
1b) If (1a) was implemented, could one define different physical inputs from the same source? For instance, CD-coax-Music2, SACD-m/c analogue-Music6, Bluray-HDMI-Movie6.
2) Will "SmartLink" be extended to HDMI sources?