I have been reluctant to upgrade to V4 since room correction, while desirable, is not a major issue for me right now. While I would have preferred V4, I was relunctant and remain reluctant to invest more money in a surround processor at this time. DVD-Audio, while I love it, never took off. In any case, the simple reason is that I haven't been thrilled by any available current audio processor, nor the V4 in the sense I need to see what the next version will offer. I'm just at the point where it makes no sense to jump to version 4 at this point in time without knowing what the next version will offer. Obviously there will be a substaintial upgrade cost as Meridian is not software upgradable in the sense they advertised when I bought version 2. Yes, I am reluctant to invest in Meridian until I know more about the future version. Yes, I am frustrated with Meridian's rediculously slow upgrades. I hope you can understand that is the reason I have not upgraded... I don't want to invest more money until I check out the competition some more and also see what the next version offers.

While I'm not happy with the Version 2 I have, I'm not thrilled with Meridian as a company and I don't 'require' anything version 4 offers. It is that simple. I need to see the next version of Meridian before I decide. I do however want support of the latest audio codecs very soon. In fact, I may abandon Meridian by Q1 2008 when I get some time to evaluate other high end surround processors on the market.

Thanks for giving your input as I am curious to know what to expect from version 5/6. I'm a bit confused about USB... It sounds good for a replacement for a 232 port for easy computer programming, however, you mention USB for speakers? What do you mean?

Also, you'd think with version 4 there would be ample processing power. Maybe they can finally build in enough processing power so that future upgrades might actually be software upgradeable? Sheeze!

(I just had to buy a Geffen 6 x 2 HDMI switcher for use with the Sim2 C3X 1080 projector I have on the way. The internal scaling is so good I see no reason to get the Lumagen Radiance).

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