Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Systems HT budget balance

my meta-advice would be to be thoughtful about your end-goal. if you care about multichannel music over multichannel movie soundtracks, i think that impacts your thinking (though others might disagree). if you want to do DVD-A reproduction properly, i'd consider starting with five identical speakers (fronts, center, rears). for movie reproduction, i think you can much more "get away with" an imbalance in the rears. fwiw, i concur on the fronts and center being matched identically if possible.

for example (fwiw) i'm in no hurry to upgrade my rears from 5000s, and in fact i considered downgrading them to 33s at one point for the aesthetic benefit.

i listen to most music in Trifield, concerned primarily with fronts and center (and am VERY happy with the reproduction). i have so few DVD-As, and there are so few i care to purchase, that i don't much care about whether that reproduction is perfect. for movies, there's a lot more leeway in how the rears integrate (imo/ime/fwiw).

having had a 5000C and having upgraded to a 5500HC, i'll definitely never go back to a 5000C. a suite of 5500s across the front will blow your socks off and be perfectly matched.

g/l with your noodling!

doody.