Mudge / Jerry

Both your points are very relevant to me. I'm already slightly concerned about the physical size and the decibels that rear speakers will add. Also when I set out with Meridian I assumed that 5.1 was the ultimate end point, but now I've learned more it seems that 7.1 is more relevant for surround music. However in a room of my size 7.1 would not really be sensible using 33s. One answer would be four smaller, less powerful, active speakers from another manufacturer. I discounted that idea partly because I wasn't sure about mixing DSP and analogue speakers, particularly whether the whole surround effect might just fall apart because of timing or tonal differences. Even with M33s, which I imagine are tonally just like DSP33s, I'd be worried that I'd lose the timing that the all-digital system with DSP speakers gives.

(I've just realised that the DSP420 is comparable to the DSP33 in many ways: quite possibly the same electronics and speakers. The price of a pair of these seems to come out almost exactly the same as a pair of DSP33s. But this thread is about Trifield, so I'll leave this for now.)

David

[This message has been edited by SmoothSound (edited 01-04-2004).]