Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Systems HD621 Set Up Questions

Lumagen's response to my question about where to put the Radiance was as follows:

"The easiest system configuration is to connect the receiver to one HDMI output on the Radiance and connect the display to the other HDMI output. By default the Radiance software is configured for the receiver to be connected to the HDMI 1 output and the display to HDMI 2 output.

The Audio EDID is simply a memory that the video source can read to get information about the capability and preferences of the receiver. The Audio EDID doesn't control the video source, it only makes suggestions about the audio modes that it prefers.

If you connect all of your sources directly to the Radiance, you just need to select an input on the Radiance, which selects the audio and video inputs.

There is a global audio menu where you can setup the audio EDID. Press "Menu, Audio, Ok". Make sure that you "Save" the new settings when you are done.

You can over-ride the global audio EDID by setting up a EDID for an input. Press "Menu, Input, Audio Setup, Audio EDID, Custom, Ok". Make sure that you "Save" the new settings when you are done."

I don't think, however, that really answers the question. My question is about the need/importance to split off the audio from the HDMI transmission before the video processing is done. Lumagen's response seems to indicate that they do not see the need but it seems an indirect response.

My feeling is that I would prefer to put the HD621 in front of the Radiance. If I understand correctly, I supose the only benefit to doing the opposite is to use the Radiance's audio EDIDs to ensure that the audio format is transmitted exactly as you want.