I believe there is going to be an upgrade for the 7300, but not sure when and if it will cost.
What I do know is that there is 7.1 preouts on the 7300 reciever, which may mean that you should be able to connect an amp to the rear 2 channel preouts, so as giving 2 discrete channels instead of the one per the receiver. This will need confirming though, as I am not sure how the DPLIIx decoding will work on the 7300.
Finally, I phoned marantz today, and they confirmed that the 7400 will carry DPLIIx and is due to be released in December. They also said that there are already many orders for the unit, so an order should be placed very soon, if people wanted a pre xmas delivery. (not sure how many of those orders are to dealers for stock though).
Ricky
