Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion HiFi & HT Chat Trinnov Altitude CI

I kept it for a year, but eventually traded it in for a 16 channel Trinnov 32. Expensive way of going about it, I know.

The Lyngdorf was very easy to set up and calibrate, but to my ears, after a while, it always ended up sounding a little thin and dry. One can't set the decay time as one could with the Meridian 861. There was limited scope for other adjustments, at least compared to the Trinnov.

Also, easy as it was to perform, recalibration on the MP-60 never gave me the same result twice whereas I found the Trinnov to be much more consistent.

In the Lyngdorf's favour, the interface and remote are friendlier, both better looking and better organised than that those of the Trinnov. Both processors' AES connections worked well with the 271: no pops or cut-outs.

Would I buy a Lyngdorf again? Possibly for a family room surround system supporting a large telly, as it is easier for a casual user to come to grips with.

I can't speak to the video side of either of their HDMI boards, as I use a Lumagen as my video switch; first HDMI out to the projector, second HDMI out to the audio processor.

Please don't get me wrong, I liked the MP-60 enough to buy it to replace my 861, and I enjoyed the access to the modern codecs it gave me access to for films, but for music, in that room, it just didn't draw me in in the same way. Elsewhere, in a livelier room, it might have been different.

My room, though largeish (9m x 5.5m), has low ceilings (2m). It consequently needs some bass management to deal with awkwards room modes. My old 861 and the Trinnov dealt with them better than the MP-60 as they allowed for user selectable target RT60 decay times. I suspect the Lyngdorf just threw in too many filters, but there is no way of knowing as that info is opaque to the end user. In a more standardly proportioned room it would have likely done much better.