On the whole my experience is Trifield is almost always a significant improvement. It depends a LOT on the type and position of your center speaker. If your center is not as ideal as your mains you may lose a little something (might be less bass or not as tight a bass). The ideal Trifield setup is 3 vertically matched front speakers. Everything else is a compromise. Since Trifield does often add to the experience it usually surpasses any weakness in the center.

It does require some fiddling. Including playing with placements.

That said, I think a "perfect" two channel setup (which is rare) sounds very similar to a "perfect" Trifield setup. What Trifield often does is make up for deficiency in 2 channel setups (usually positions).

Also in highly damped rooms like HT it fills in the holes that a more live 2 channel room naturally has.

When I first setup my 6000's I had them about a 1/3 out into the room. With just running in stereo they sounded amazing. It was not practical to leave them in the middle of the room. Once I put them in a more practical location they lost a lot of what they had. But when I turn Trifield on it comes back. It does not sound the same as it did with 2 channels in the middle of the room but sounds very good. One person may prefer one over the other.

So the bottom line is there are tons of variables here. And I like to think of Trifield as a tool to solve problems in common practical installations.

So I can find it plausible someone may prefer the 2 channel over Trifield. I've never heard a "perfect" 2 channel or a "perfect" Trifield. There is no such thing. You may think your 2 channel is perfect and with a few tweaks a Trifield may top it. Then with a few more tweaks 2 channel may top that. And so on... So it's always worth playing with. You may find with fiddling you can "top" what ever you currently think is best.

- Fiddler (IMHO)

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