Graeme, it's unclear in what respect that you were "caught short" with the 661, which is a pretty competent unit and allows you to use all the necessary audio formats. The price of the 4308, even in $AU, made me wince(of course my wince threshold is fairly low when it comes to money), and I wonder what the main advancements that you're looking for are.
Please forgive me if I sound a little dumb, but I am having a hard time getting my head around all this new technology.
As I understand it my 661 is not HDMI 1.3 and will not decode True HD etc. I have recently purchased a Samsung Series 6 52" LCD, a Samsung BDP 1500 and of course the QS8's and VP 150, paired with a set of Dali MK3. Later when money permits the EP500 and M80's
I just want to get the best for what I have.
