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maddave12

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Just sharing my own comparison of the Meridian sound system vs the earlier, which is what I own.

I have a loaner this week while the priests pray over my deceased communications module, and it's outfitted with the Meridian gear.

My first impression was that the sound was HORRIBLE. I was having trouble recognizing songs I know very, very well, and my first guess was (since it was one of the first songs), Don Henley must've recorded a different mix than I was used to listening to, because it was almost unrecognizable. I was just going to turn the radio off, but decided to take a shot at tweaking the sound parameters first.

Turning 3D surround to "On" instead of "Enhanced," and turning off Dynamic made a world of difference. Damn, but those two settings screw things up.

After that, a bit of EQ tweaking, and shifting the fade/balance center a bit to the right and a bit back, and it sounds as good or better than the original.

The moral, if this story has one, is twofold: 1) try different sound modes before giving up on it, and 2) audio "extra" functionality isn't necessarily a good thing.
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I received my 2022 R1T 2 days ago from the shop and I had requested the Meridian because of the comments here and on Reddit.

I will say it’s the best stock audio system I’ve ever heard with flat EQ - the high end isn’t hyped and if you like that you can dial it in. I have a 2016 Tesla S with premium sound and this is SO much better. I wish there was control of the subwoofer crossover and level (the low end eq is a little un-precise) but that is so minor that it’s hardly worth mentioning.

regardless, I couldn’t be happier with the choice.

two caveats here. I am an audio professional (film music editor) and I haven’t heard the new system.
 
 




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