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Ah, right, I missed that in the blurb. They haven't updated all their support pages to reflect that. Cheers. 👍

...if you ever need anybody to do a review on the back of an extended, in-home, user listening test Jim, then y'know, I'm here!

Thanks Dave. I did wonder. I've a Qobuz account but when this was rolled out, I took up the offer of a heavily reduced 2 month Premium subscription. Will see how it goes. Thanks again. 👍

The AE22 Active. One of my favourite speakers of all time. (And I sold mine on....waaaaagh!!!)

No sign of Lossless on my Android app. Updated the app, reinstalled it. Nothing. Premium individual account. What an I missing?!?

Stick with the Marantz. Higher standard player all in. The 27 was a recent issue and I think sold for about £600? I think it was the entry level of the updated FMJ style line. You'll already get SACD with the 8005, so the gap is a streamer. You can buy one of those - Wiim Pro, Mini, etc - and...

You're right. The 40th Anniversary model looks to be about £1500, the AE1 actives clock in at £1250 and I think that price will remain the same when the modified version comes out. The standard AE1 is £1100.

They're being gently modded and the updated model should be out towards the end of the year. At least that's what one if the AE guys said at the Cranage show in June. Perhaps @AEJim could confirm if that's still the case when he's got a minute?

I think around the same price as they are currently (£1100 or so). Happy to stand corrected though.

Heard the AE1 40th Anniversary speakers at Cranage this year and they were excellent, even in the smaller room they were being showcased. Must admit though, I'm looking forward to hearing the modded AE1 actives coming out near the year end...!

I've a 2018 or 2019 Samsung, 4K model, have set the audio output to Optical in the TV settings, and manage the audio volume using the AVI volume control (as in, not the Samsung's). It seems the frequency of your remote matches that of the amp too. I use a basic 4 component One For All remote as...

Optical out to directly to the AVI speakers.

The new David Byrne LP "Who is the Sky?" just arrived today...and he's again at his idiosyncratic best with it.

Aherm and that's record_spot if you please...! 24-bit / 44.1kHz FLAC and hopefully they'll start to roll out 88.2, 176.4 and 192kHz additions in time. Although seeing as they've taken four (or eight when the first rumours started kicking around) years to get this up and running, I'm not...

Switch box? No impact on sound. Passive, acts like a gateway for your sources. Buy one and stop worrying. I've used passive preamp and currently now use a 6-way switch box as I've a similar problem with the limited inputs for my AVI actives. Just noticed your update, but the point remains...