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  1. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    Unfortunately, no. I haven't done any car audio mods yet, only home theater. Each time I think about modding the car, I decide to put that money into the home system because I have a lot more control over the outcome. And honestly, the home system is so much better than what a car system can...
  2. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    Yeah. My recommendations wouldn't work well with 3D sound, particularly the Enhanced setting. Enhanced seems to copy a lot of source signal in the 1-6 kHz range and essentially duplicate it in the overhead speakers, making it way too loud. My settings with Enhanced mode on sound bad.
  3. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    I haven't tried it, but if the app streams HD, it should sound good. Ultra HD is sort of pointless since the additional resolution would be virtually impossible to hear in a noisy truck cabin that lacks a sufficiently high-quality system.
  4. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    I've been thinking about this quite a bit. I'm not sure how REW would interpret a measurement with so much noise. I'll have to research how this sort of measurement is typically done. It might involve measuring driving noise separately and then doing some additive analysis. More to come.
  5. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    So glad to hear that, particularly from a fellow engineer. Yeah, a lot of spatial information gets recorded but then masked by frequency imbalances in the chain, usually by the room in a home audio scenario, but looks like by the system's tuning in a car scenario. Tuners tend to prioritize the...
  6. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    That's an interesting question. In theory, if everything other than the physical drivers is the same between the two systemsā€”that should work. If they changed other components, like the amplifiers, to reduce cost, it's hard to say what the result would be. It'd be interesting to hear from a...
  7. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    Based on my understanding of the Rivian system, those speakers donā€™t activate until you turn on of one of the surround modes. This is correct behavior and by design. Thatā€™s because surround speakers generally require processing of the original signal to guess what parts of it should go...
  8. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    I agree that the R1S Elevation leaves a lot to be desired. Iā€™m going to keep chipping away at this to see what options are available aside from replacing the whole system with an aftermarket solution. The next step is to compare an R1S Elevation to to an R1S Meridian to collect definitive data...
  9. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    Thatā€™s interesting. As I mentioned in my R1S Elevation post, I used a target curve designed for home theaters, which might explain why we want more bass boost in our cars than our theaters. That said, Iā€™m puzzled by Linusā€™s cuts at 2 and 4 kHz. That area definitely sounded recessed to me and...
  10. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    Yes, these settings would still help a Bluetooth source. While a Bluetooth signal contains less information (I.e., resolution) than what a built-in app provides, it shouldnā€™t have a significantly difference balance of frequencies compared to the original source (other than toward the very top...
  11. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1S’s Elevation Sound System With Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results)

    Iā€™d recommend the same. Start with the recommendations above and adjust to taste. Adjusting from the default EQ by ear and arriving at maximum performance is very difficult, even when youā€™re aware of the acoustic and psychoacoustic effects of your changes. Thatā€™s because changes are...
  12. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1S’s Elevation Sound System With Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results)

    Posted my recommendations for improving the R1T Meridian's sound system here: https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/how-to-improve-a-rivian-r1t%E2%80%99s-meridian-sound-system-with-simple-eq-changes-equipment-measured-tests-results.25545/ Hope it helps!
  13. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1T's Meridian Sound System w/ Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results) + Comparison to Elevation System

    This is a sister post to How to Improve a Rivian R1Sā€™s Elevation Sound System With Simple EQ Changes. TLDR; Flatten your EQ by using the ā€œDefaultā€ setting or the reset icon. Turn off 3D Surround Sound. Use these EQ settings: 63 Hz -3 notches, 125 Hz -3, 1 kHz +3, 2 kHz +3. Use Tidal or...
  14. superfluid

    R1S impresses MERUS Adventure Park CEO after cruising through technical terrain

    My wife and I recently took our R1S to MERUS Adventure Park in northern TX to overland and offroad. MERUS CEO, Dirk van Reenen, saw our rig and wanted to see how the Rivian compared to built-up ICE rigs on difficult terrain. He and I took the R1S through tough off-camber sections and steep...
  15. superfluid

    How to Improve a Rivian R1S’s Elevation Sound System With Simple EQ Changes (Equipment Measured Tests & Results)

    Update: @RivianBowerbird brought his lovely Canyon Red R1T with Meridian system over today. We measured it, talked through a lot of stuff, and made several adjustments. The Meridian sounded better than the Elevation out of the box to my ears, but I think the adjustments made a noticeable...


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