4) ALL transports 808, 800, G98, 598, etc. have a theoretical weak link. That is, SPDIF (independently running clocks with oneway transmission no feedback). Commercial/Pro systems have a global word clock. Usually orginated by the DAC clock. This is fed back to the digital source to exactly clock the data between components exactly at the rate the DAC can consume. This is not 100% Jitter free but it is 100% drift free which can allow Dejitter circuits to work 100% perfectly. If the SqueezeBox interface was integrated it could use a common clock and dejittering would work even better than a 808/861 pair could over SPDIF. How much this would audibly help I don't know. But in theory no one could argue it wasn't the most superior setup. I'll bet the 861V5 or V6 comes up with better interfaces between 800 components. MHR helps but I believe it's still one way SPDIF and independently clocked.
So, to have a true "audiophile" setup with ripped music, you need a slim device transporter (with a word clock) a separate higher end DAC with a word clock (Esoteric, DCS) AND a separate sever to store the data!
Wow, that's tough.
When you use the Meridian "link", do you get this level of sync? That is, when you use a Meridian player with a Meridian processor and then attach to a set of Meridian speakers, does this proprietary Meridian link between the two boxes, have this sync?
If so, then Meridian needs to get on this, quickly! What I worry about though is the data storage. I don't want a Meridian hard drive, just a network connection.
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