Originally Posted by George Mills
Sorry Gizze that's not what this was about at all.

It's how to destroy the output of a high end ssp in 3 easy lessons.

My guess as to what happened is:

Ken knew he was over his head with this stuff and hired a "Pro".
Either the pro (or pros) were clueless and Ken was screwed.
Or after the pro left Ken thought he learned enough to take over and then (to put it politely) did some not so good things to the system.

Then Ken announced his break through performance on Avsforums and how ADA is supperior to 861v6 in Detail, Slam and Tight bass on a totally crippled (my opinion and some others) system.

And now Ken is coming around after he sees several folks agreeing.

Especially after Frank discovered yet another box Ken could buy.

It is true though, you do need to tweak day to day to learn the ins and outs and learn the system. But these are not tweaks. You can make some major differences with just a "Tweak".

Ken may not have done any of this, just the folks he hired.

I would be curious if the initial installer ran all channels through the QSC on the 861v4, 861v6 and ADA. Curious to know who did what when.

Too many installers is as bad as too many brand boxes.

If Ken is hooked on ADA then I would get my Advice from ADA or someone certified by ADA.

With all due respect George, you are a moron. This thread did not treat you kindly as it exposed you as someone that may know something in your limited Meridian world, but not outside that. Dennis proved that.

I was over my head and hired a pro? Almost but not quite.

Read carefully so I do not have to type this again:

I had a V4. After 6 months of it and having an authorized Meridian dealer trying to dial it in with the crappy MRC program, and being very underwhelmed, I decided to hire a pro. (This is the part you almost got right).

Now pay attention here George:

" He hooked up the V4 to the QSC in the same way I mentioned earlier, programmed it and voila, It was like I turned a Volkswagon into a Porsche Turbo. (In laymens terms, the V4 sounded better through the QSC).

" I then bought a V6 and did the same as above. The sound to me was nothing perceivable better than the V4.

"I bought the ADA and hooked it up the same as in the two above paragraphs, and the Porsche Turbo now was the Space Shuttle. This by the way was without the "Pro" coming to re-tune with the new SSP. Once he does that, I'm sure I really will be floored.

George, I suggest that you stick to what you think you know about Meridian and stop guessing and surmising about things you know nothing about. The saying that "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king", applies to you.

Now do everyone a favor and close this thread.
Ken

Meridian 861v6, HD621, G98, Pioneer BD-09, Mark Levinson 436 monoblocks, Aerial Acoustics 20T, CC5, SR3, SW12, Mark Seaton Submersives, QSC 322, Runco Vx22D, Lumagen Radiance XE