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Anyone know anything about the new Meridian 861 v6

On the Stereophile web page; they hinted that Meridian is releasing a new surround sound processor at THE later this week; the 861 v6; skipping the v5. Anyone know if it has the new aphodizing filters built into the 808 v. ii; or if it handles hdmi and new hd audio internally without needing the HD 621 switch? Will the new Sooloos card be improved dacs for any music server; or will it only support Meridian products? I have an older 861v4.2; can't wait to see what this new update includes; and of course; if it has real world pricing...and how it stacks up with the new MacIntosh 150 surround controller..I like my 861; but can't figure out yet how to reconfigure settings on my own; always need to call the service guy out; which is a real pain and not cheap...
Thanks....
mribob

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It looks like all Meridian components (DSP line of speakers, 808.3, Sooloos) max out at 24/96 resolution. The SpeakerLink connection between components supports 96 kHz max. The DACs in the speakers seem to upsample to 192 kHz. So, how does one use a Sooloos to store and transmit true 24/192 content to the Meridian speakers? If this is not possible, I'll wait to buy Meridian gear until it does.
Thanks!
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