New configurator backward compatibility

[MusicFirst]

One thing I ran into with reverting back to 7.1.1 with a new post 8.0.0 compatible configuration was that SAM configuration was not backwards compatible.  The amp came up with an error message that the SAM configuration was not compatible or something similar.  Now this was on the day of 8.0.0 release, so I can't confirm it is still that way.  I also did not try using 7.1.3 with a new post 8.0.0 compatible configuration, so I can't comment on that setup.  I have since tried 8.0.0 again and have now switched back to 7.1.3 with a pre 8.0.0 configurator.  I was going to do some critical listening of 7.1.3 later today to compare to 8.0.0 which I liked better than 7.1.3 initially.

If it is still the case that a current SAM enabled configuration will not work with pre 8.0.0 firmware (at least with 7.1.1), then SAM must be disabled along with DPM and ???.

Anyone experience this with new SAM (SAM2) going back to 7.1.1 or 7.1.3 ? 

Kerry