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In Reply to: RE: Help with Tri-Center! posted by Scottson on April 16, 2014 at 17:55:15
I have the Tri-Center with a CC3, MCC2's and alternate between 3.6's and 20.1's.
I have noticed that the CC3 does not match as well with the true ribbons as I would like. The CCR would probably make for a much better match with either the 3.6's or 20.1's than the CC3.
None of the dealers in my area stock a CCR (or 20.7's) so it would be a sizable purchase on faith alone to listen to either.
I think it may also have a lot to do with which surround processor you are using. Magnepan uses an older Bryston unit (I use a Anthem Statement D2V). I don't know if this is possible or not with any processor, but it would be helpful to be able to adjust how much audio info gets directed to the tri-center, versus the left and right channels. I think this could help balance out the front sound stage distribution.
I have pretty good success with what I have, but the true-ribbon/non-true-ribbon pairing still bothers me. For critical listening, I always end up going back to pure 2-channel.
Follow Ups:
Tim, These were exactly my quandaries. I was very tempted by the concept - & what seemed to be its potential but I was reluctant to shell out for a CCR without at least experiencing something of the promised magic. Likewise, the effect - at least as Magnepan have configured it - does seem quite tied to the Bryston surround unit - which I didn't have (& frankly didn't seem very attractive outside that feature).
That said, this exchange has tempted me to consider trying it again, but I think I'd need some evidence that it works outside the narrow parameters of Magnepan's advertised success stories.
I found placement to be important. I tried it with a twin tower entertainment cabinet and the results were not the best. I have since removed the 2-twin towers from the entertainment cabinet and am getting better results.
I also experimented getting the balance right between the MCC2's and the CC3 (using 3 separate amps). Fine tuning this balance also made an improvement for me.
I also have tweeters on the inside which seems to help.
I have wondered if adding a DWM (or 2) to the tri-center would better allow it to match the L & R channels by allowing the Tri-Center to be "full-range" (especially since a lot of the audio data is now being steered towards the center channel).
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