Originally Posted by Ken
I appreciate the "civil" replies smile It did get crazy over "there". No reason to slam anyone over what equipment they have. We are all pretty fortunate to be able to afford any of the equipment we all own regardless of the brand.

The ADA website does leave a lot to be desired as does their manual. If Joel didn't give me a hand it would have been a major PITA.

On the other hand, if you call them with an issue they are on it right away. Their customer service is very good. That cannot be said with calling Atlanta. You call M and you get a recording and maybe you will get a call back the same day.

The version I have is the Mach IV "B" for balanced.

I couldn't honestly say why I didn't hear out of the Meridian what other people say they do. On the other hand Joel had similar findings as I did, albeit he doesn't have the V6.

The setup for my HD621/861 was correct as I sent it to Jason at Meridian and Joel checked it as well.

With regardless to associated equipment, you are taking liberties with this. Take a look at the list below. There is nothing out of the main stream and I am sure that there is a wide array of different equipment that people own with their Meridian gear and it would be odd that I am the only one with equipment that doesn't play nice together.

Lastly, I didn't hate my Meridian gear, I just like what I have now better.
Ken

I have tried to look up what you have but, you seem to like companies with poor websites http://www.seatonsound.net/ smile Yes I know there is a forum but I like reading spec sheets.

I couldn't find anything on a QSC 322 Analysis unit you use for calibration.

Although I didn't read the whole thread on AVSForums it didn't look too bad.

Joel's responses make more sense to me. He says they are just different and prefers ADA, how can anyone argue with that. But again it gets under my skin (and please don't take it personally you're just trying to share your observations with the rest of us) but when you say your wife noticed the house shaking more with one system vs the other. To me, that's not the refined differences you might find between one +$10k preamp and another (both running optimally). You may not say you hated Meridian but it sure comes close to saying you really thought it was not at all close. Something just feels wrong (gut feel). Perhaps it is compatibility issues but I don't buy that. Perhaps you have a phase or timing issue or something causing something to get canceled. You can spend an amazing amount of time tinkering stuff. That's partly why I love the DSP's (Especially full range ones). Whole lot stuff I can't get wrong.

Not sure how you ran MRC, but you CAN destroy the sound with MRC if you are not careful.

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