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From: Mark Harrison
[mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 12 August 2002 13:52
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Fw: FS
Meridian 565
Ooh...
Let me add my recommendation to this. This is
a
stellar processor, at an excellent price. (ie - it's what I have, at rather
less than I paid second-hand a year ago.)
However, I would add a word of caution on the
upgrades. The 7.1 / THX / DTS / DD revision is the FINAL revision for the
565.
The 561 is a subtly different model,
incoroporating more input switching, and has had more recent upgrades. It
also
has a faster core processor, and is likely to continue to be upgradable.
The
quid pro quo is that the 565 has subtly more options than the 561 for
operation
in an _8_ channel setup.
The 568 is the current replacement for the
565,
and is, again, based around a faster core.
However, at this price, it's a definite
"buy" recommendation - with the normal proviso that I'd never buy
s/h
hi-fi without actually listening to it first :-)
Mark
.