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So... we have both and R1T and an R1S, both Meridian. The R1T sounds significantly better, and what you're describing is similar to how I feel about the sound in our R1S most of the time. I was recently contemplating submitting a support ticket and driving down to the SC to try and listen to another R1S to see if it's normal.
Assuming they have some form of DSP in place to deal with audio processing it's weird that there wouldn't be a far better "standard" or "compensation" curve dialed in, along with delay/phase compensation on the speakers - that's pretty standard these days with any reasonably upper-midrange or beyond auto sound system, hell, most home systems are "self-tuning" now as well and that's generally a far more forgiving environment. Maybe, like with ride control they did a copy/paste between T and S and expected it to "just work" - but it doesn't.
Just because it has Meridian branding doesn't mean it's superior. Case in point, the Meridian system in Jaguar's F-Type is almost universally hated by owners. The branding is mostly a marketing tool, to lend perception of superiority, not much more.Well, you're lucky enough to have the meridian system. I still don't know why they canned it.
The T is a smaller space, with less to interfere and rattle. That's why.
I'll see your screencap, and raise you...For those who couldn’t quite see the settings in the video:
There must really be a substantial difference between Meridian and Rivian systems because this curve with enhancement on would be legit painful in the high-end and absolute sludge/slop on the bottom end.A little punchy on the bass, but I enjoy it. Mostly follows a classical music stock preset from other software
Also their testing confirms my previous statement about lack of headroom - the amount of compression happening as volume increases might explain some of the non-linearity I was pretty sure I was hearing and causing EQ changes to not feel consistent - compression is a form of EQ. And the order of EQ vs Compression matters - I suspect in this case they either have a limiter at the end of the chain, or it's purely amp/speaker compression or sag - which still puts the compression after the EQ - which means it alters how the EQ works as volume changes. Typically you'd apply compression (intentional signal compression) first, THEN EQ - Since this is just lack of amp headroom/limiting/physical speaker limitation "compression" it's ALWAYS happening post EQ.
When I’m put in the doghouse for very good reason(s), this is what it sounds like In my house.This was a picture posted on that website link posted above.
Tried his settings (with minor tweaks) on my commute home and can confirm it works well in my non-Meridian T. I tried Portishead, Led Zepplin, Sade, West Mongotmery, Albert King and Stick Figure. Much more balanced than the settings I was using.
