i talked with a dealer and he thought there would be some improvements with the DSP 5200s but not the same as in a non all digital system. I asked him about the new 808v2 and he indicated Meridian hadn't really provided much information. Even Meridian's website doesn't include any reference to the new v2. However, he did indicate he asked about whether his current demo 808 could be upgraded to the 808.2 and was told it could not. For a $14,995 player to not be upgradeable to the new version just has to kill the resale of the existing ones. He did indicate the new version is supposed to be even better.