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After many years of discounting Trifield in favour of direct I have now persevered and find it spectacular.
I put this down to my centre speaker not being broken in and the fabulous iPlayer house/rave content available.
A night in with a bit of quality house music, big screen, Meridian Trifield, sorted.
I still don’t really understand the depth adjustment however, all is so good no worries.
Meridian G61, Zen Stream, Arcam P349, Kef XQ30 / 50 combo.
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Trifield can be fantastic, you running 3 or more speakers? You can really make some immersive and enjoyable imaging.
808v6, 818.3, G65, G61RSL, G91DH, G08, G98DH, 500v3, 504, 218-LPS, 218, 210, MS200
5200SE, 5200HSE, DSP5200 (nonSL~fully rebuilt), DSP3300x2, DSW.2
HD621, Pair of Revivers, AC12
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If you think it's good with 3 'speakers, wait until you try it with 5 (or more)...
PS make sure the rears are voiced the same as the mains / centre.
All the best,
Steve
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Totally Agree Steve, 3 was good.. but 4 and 5 were better, have not tried 7!
808v6, 818.3, G65, G61RSL, G91DH, G08, G98DH, 500v3, 504, 218-LPS, 218, 210, MS200
5200SE, 5200HSE, DSP5200 (nonSL~fully rebuilt), DSP3300x2, DSW.2
HD621, Pair of Revivers, AC12
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Nice mix of kit here chaps but I'm sorry to say, a CD in Direct on my 808.5 & 8K's just blows everything away!
DSP8000USE, DSP5200HC, DSP33, DSW1500, 808v5, 861v4, WiiM Pro+, Panasonic 55" Plasma, DMP-BDT700 Blu-ray,
MECOOL MEon1, Russ Andrews Signature Power Block, UltraFuses, SuperFuses, Kimber Signature PS Interfaces.
Prior: DSP7000.2, DSP6000.2, DSP5000.2, DSP5000.2HC, 508.24, 568.2, 596, G98DH & G68D.
Jaguar F-Type; Meridian 770W Surround System
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If you think it's good with 3 'speakers, wait until you try it with 5 (or more)...
PS make sure the rears are voiced the same as the mains / centre.
All the best,
Steve Completely agree. Trifield is amazing with 3 genuinely matching speakers (I mean literally the same - 3x vertical identical speakers). It is even more spectacular with 5 and a sub 😎
HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, Avondale S100, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 551, 502
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6Ks and particularly 8Ks Trump everything.
Imagine what 3x 6K or 8K sounds like…!
HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, Avondale S100, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 551, 502
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On that note I am still on the (futile) hunt for a 6kC. I know the 55h is a good center but it... isn't a 6k.
main room: 861v4, 2x6000L/R (24/96) 1x5500HC (24/96), 2x DSP33(Rears)
MS200/Roon, 598, Revox b710mkII tape deck, Revox b760 FM tuner, Revox b790 turntable
bedroom: 568.2mm, 3x5000(LCR) (24/96)
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I had 6's before I got my 7's and always felt the bass just overwhelmed everything. However, the 8's bass is perfect but I guess that a lot of the more than double power 300w vs 750w of the 8's is used to process the output rather than just being louder. In fact I mostly listen at 60 rather than the default of 65 with the 8's.
DSP8000USE, DSP5200HC, DSP33, DSW1500, 808v5, 861v4, WiiM Pro+, Panasonic 55" Plasma, DMP-BDT700 Blu-ray,
MECOOL MEon1, Russ Andrews Signature Power Block, UltraFuses, SuperFuses, Kimber Signature PS Interfaces.
Prior: DSP7000.2, DSP6000.2, DSP5000.2, DSP5000.2HC, 508.24, 568.2, 596, G98DH & G68D.
Jaguar F-Type; Meridian 770W Surround System
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I’ve had 6Ks twice. First time bass was overwhelming, second time it was all perfect. Same room. Tweeters and re-cap on the second pair - makes a huge difference on 6Ks as they tend to be quite old by now… Also periodically carefully re-tighten bass drivers - nothing crazy, just nip them up to make sure they’re not loose.
Also important to position well in the room. The second time I played a little more and found more of a sweet spot.
HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, Avondale S100, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 551, 502
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I’ll give you a few tips that I enjoyed in my setup.
Trifield:
1. Max width 1.5, gives better integration and lets more sound into the L R.
2. Remove the xover cutoff in the sides/rear if you have full range sides/rears.
3. Position the 3 fronts on a circle equidistant from listening position.
Depth affect the timing of the centre in relation to the L R. Every .5 or full sounds different in timing.
4. If you made L C R equidistant from your listening position consider depth 0.
Last edited by Crion; 2025-11-06 06:27.
DSP8000SE, DSP7200SEHC, DSP5200SE sides, DSP7200SE rears, 861v8, 210, Sim2 Ultranero 4, Stewart Cinecurve 2.35:1, XEIT CM-5E Anamorphic lens, Dune HD Duo Cinema 8K and Wireworld Platinum 48G HDMI -> UHD722 -> Shunyata Omega Ethernet. Shunyata/Furutech power-cables/filters. SR Master Fuse@861v8. Uptone Etherregen with 10MHz OCXO clock.
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