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They must have reviewed it on the latest software. It’s not quite as good as the meridian was, but it’s pretty good.
 

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This review is all paid for by Rivian because the system is nowhere near what he described. As I listened to it for 3.5 hours on my drive home after picking up my new R1T just 3 days ago, if I could close my eyes I would have I regretted trading in my gen 1 with the Meridian system. But I have to have my eyes on the road and life goes on. Such a sh!ty system in it’s current state. But the Rivian does compensate with a beautifully appointed slate sky interior. It’s absolutely gorgeous as I feed my eyes on the walnut wood and feel the smoothness of the grain… just beautiful! No regrets now!
 

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This review is all paid for by Rivian because the system is nowhere near what he described. As I listened to it for 3.5 hours on my drive home after picking up my new R1T just 3 days ago, if I could close my eyes I would have I regretted trading in my gen 1 with the Meridian system. But I have to have my eyes on the road and life goes on. Such a sh!ty system in it’s current state. But the Rivian does compensate with a beautifully appointed slate sky interior. It’s absolutely gorgeous as I feed my eyes on the walnut wood and feel the smoothness of the grain… just beautiful! No regrets now!
I think shitty is an over-exaggeration to a large degree. Yes it's not as good as the Meridian, but it's still better than my i4's stereo. I would consider it reasonable, and I don't understand how anyone could characterize it as shitty.
 

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I think shitty is an over-exaggeration to a large degree. Yes it's not as good as the Meridian, but it's still better than my i4's stereo. I would consider it reasonable, and I don't understand how anyone could characterize it as shitty.
Compared to my home system it's very shitty! No exaggeration from me whatsoever!
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If anyone in Austin is willing to let me measure their Gen 2 Premium system, I can provide some objective measurements of it’s performance.
 

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Compared to my home system it's very shitty! No exaggeration from me whatsoever!
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Yeah but by those standards the Merdian is also shitty. I have a rough idea what that costs, and comparing it to any stock car audio isn't fair.
 

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This review is all paid for by Rivian because the system is nowhere near what he described. As I listened to it for 3.5 hours on my drive home after picking up my new R1T just 3 days ago, if I could close my eyes I would have I regretted trading in my gen 1 with the Meridian system. But I have to have my eyes on the road and life goes on. Such a sh!ty system in it’s current state. But the Rivian does compensate with a beautifully appointed slate sky interior. It’s absolutely gorgeous as I feed my eyes on the walnut wood and feel the smoothness of the grain… just beautiful! No regrets now!
The Meridan Dolby Atmos doesn't sound great either some times. Some songs completely lose their sound or there are instruments in the song missing through Apple music and others sound really off. I've given up on the native apple music app and just stream off my phone now since I can also ask Siri to play different songs.
 
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The Meridan Dolby Atmos doesn't sound great either some times. Some songs completely lose their sound through Apple music and others sound really off. I've given up on the native apple music app and just stream off my phone now since I can also ask Siri to play different songs.
Must depend on music type because I find the Meridian sounds excellent. I just have one song where it seems to drop a bit of the bass track, but I blame my equalizer settings.

Edit...I do use the native Apple Music app as my source.
 
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The Meridan Dolby Atmos doesn't sound great either some times. Some songs completely lose their sound through Apple music and others sound really off. I've given up on the native apple music app and just stream off my phone now since I can also ask Siri to play different songs.
Yes, you're right about the inconsistency of Dolby Atmos from the Rivian built Apple Music Meridian. I just clicked the next button.
 

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Yeah but by those standards the Merdian is also shitty. I have a rough idea what that costs, and comparing it to any stock car audio isn't fair.
I'm not comparing it to my home system. It was only in response to why you don't understand how anyone could characterize it as shitty.
 

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Ok....but that set up is worth almost as much as truck....and the unpictured speakers probably push it over....
It would be over-exaggeration for me to post pictures of the speakers.
 

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It would be over-exaggeration for me to post pictures of the speakers.
I admire your set-up without even seeing the speakers. I would like to jump into that stuff in not too distant future....
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