I switched to Trinnov recently having been a Meridian fan for at least 20 years. One of the reasons for being with Meridian for so long was due to the upgradeability of the 861and the leading edge technology. I started with a 568 and then moved to an 861v4 which I later updated to v6 and then v8.

After the v8, Meridian seemed to stall and loose direction. I might have stayed if they did not mess up the whole MQA thing with misinformation and lack of follow through. I would definitely have purchased an MQA card for stereo if they had released one.

I only have a 5.1 system so I did not change to Trinnov to it to get more codecs although that may change in the future.

I thought that the Trinnov would sound better than the 861 once I had applied the room correction as I have a combined lounge room and theatre so room treatment was not an option.

I was completely surprised how the Altitude 32 beat the 861 straight out of the box and I am talking stereo only!

It is now even better since I have set it up properly. The Trinnov optimizer is a dream to use compared with the 861 room correction and deals completely with the difficult room I have. The speakers now just blend in seamlessly with each other. The Auro 3D upmixer is so good that it is hard to tell that it is on. So much better than Trifield

The move to Trinnov was a big investment but I don’t regret it for a minute.

Thanks to Bruce who I met at Cedia who encouraged me to do the switch.

861v8+ID41 Revelation One filter, HD621, Musical Fidelity M8 700 mono blocks, Focal Scala (x2), Focal Mini Utopia (x3), Velodyne DD18, Oppo BD105, Roon NUC, 218, Radiance 2021, JVC X9000