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Anybody considerered Merlins?

Noticed they got a room nod by Fremmer in a column and when I saw that they only sell two models plus the fact that like 911 (still since '64 a rear engine/drive flat line 6) th3ey have not reinvented the line only made it evelove.They use top products like Scan Spec and Dynaudio tweeters (though their monitor uses Morell drivers- a companies whose own offering I thought competent not earth shttering.Anybody out there listened to them and what did you think.
chazzbo

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tacs
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Chazz my friend,
You've done enough puttering around with traditional hi-fi, not to mention spending $$...time to be a real man, evolve, and jump into SETs, and single driver paper cone speakers/horns. OK, maybe just a bit more $$.
i think the further you move from the 'what product out there is going to suit my needs' mentality, and towards creating/building your own, the better.
98+ dB + directly heated triode, that's where the bliss lies.
Hi-fi nuts are afraid of going that route because that would signal the end of their equipment addiction! Cheers from Stockhom,
Tom
tacs
220 posts
 
...the high sensitivity speakers forum on audioasylum.com, there are plenty of ways to get bass and high sensitivity, high enough so that a few watts are all that's needed, pi speakers being a good example. well, you might have to add a tweeter to that 15 inch driver. and you'll need a larger space.
i have not heard these but am quite curious about them.
i have heard the merlins, refined sounding speakers, as far as they go, but lack the macro- and micro-dynamics of live music. for this you need high-sensitivity. cheers
tom
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