I own a Meridian 568.2 and I use to own WP7's (now Maxx's), compared to my EAD signature the Meridian I found to be too sterile but way better for surround (Dolby II, subwoofer setup, amazing clarity), changing the footers to Sorbothane helped to soften(relax) the sound. In my system I could never have my Meridian 568.2 as my front end for my Wilsons for 2channel, as the Synergy for two dynamic, hyper detailed components is too much of a good thing. I could easily have a Theta Casablanca III as my front instead of running a preamp with HT pass through on your meridian. Until then I will be using my Meridian to feed the front channels to my 2 channel system to get the best of both worlds without having to put a preamp (my Theta Gen VIII Dac is a preamp also so this is not entirely true) into my sytem.
I haven't heard the newer G61 meridian in a 2 channel configuration but I'm still a believer in a good two channel preamp to engage the wilsons. The G61 may have better digital DAC's than your DVD player and that might still make the biggest advance in your system versus adding a quality preamp to be only limited (keep in mind I'm being Critical at a 5% level due to your extreme high setup) by the Meridian DVD player. I've tried a VTl 6.5 with very very successful results (no loss of dynamics but amazingly smooth and wide/deep presentation) and I may go with a VTL 7.5 mk 2 later to mix with my meridian. Since you like the CJ sound you should try to get a home audition of a CJ preamp to see if you like the results.
I haven't heard the newer G61 meridian in a 2 channel configuration but I'm still a believer in a good two channel preamp to engage the wilsons. The G61 may have better digital DAC's than your DVD player and that might still make the biggest advance in your system versus adding a quality preamp to be only limited (keep in mind I'm being Critical at a 5% level due to your extreme high setup) by the Meridian DVD player. I've tried a VTl 6.5 with very very successful results (no loss of dynamics but amazingly smooth and wide/deep presentation) and I may go with a VTL 7.5 mk 2 later to mix with my meridian. Since you like the CJ sound you should try to get a home audition of a CJ preamp to see if you like the results.