GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM

I want honestly to say thank you all for the contribution and time.

When songwriter72@ raised an issue about my notion of Merlin to be picky about recording, he directly implied that GMA's phase coherent design makes more music enjoyable.

Even if he did not say exacty so, his interpretation was "picky about recording must be meaning making some music un-enjoyable" and his implication was "Callisto presents more music in enjoyable way than TSM-MM not being phase coherent design.

Has songwriter72@ really compared listening both TSM-MM and Callisto to back what he believed and tried to convey? - No!

What I wanted was unbiased and fair opinion but songwriter72@'s looked pretty much biased and pushy and that made me feel uncomfortable - especially when my experience about TSM-MM is different than his implications about non phase coherent designs.

I had interests in both TSM-MM and Callisto and that was why I started this thread. I don't think it is really necessary to make comments that carry bad implications about the other side.

I think songwriter72@'s suggestion about the headphones is a good one and I appreciate for it.

Minbean,
I appologize if I came across as pushy, as that was not my intention. I was, and am trying to help you find the source of your problem (hence the headphone recomendation). I'm hoping the speaker is not the problem, in all honesty. Bobby has been very helpful to customers and potential customers alike. He is one of the few designers that takes time to respond publically to customers needs and questions. That says a lot about him as a person. I respect him for that even though we don't see eye to eye.

I have been working with my amplifier to re-route feedback from "from the final out to differential input" to "from the driver stage to differential input" with a purpose to decrease the amplifier's damping factor and isolate the feedback loop from the speakers.

I have never expected such a difference!

The charactor being picky for recording dissapeared to almost none or nothing particular.

Everything is so clear, smooth and musical. And most amazingly, the speakers dissapeared completely leaving only a very compehensive sound stage. I can't hear anything like distortion if not known from original source. Now I understand what the other TSM-MM users were about to praise!

I have to do more things to clarify why this happened but it looks like the change brought the whole system almost to the level of perfection.

I applaud Bobby of Merlin for his excellence in designing the speakers and also for his enthusiasm to support the users! Thank you!

songwriter72@,
I did A/B according to your suggestion and honestly I could not hear any more distortion or harshness from TSM-MM than the headphones. Or TSM-MM was not interpreting music in any less enjoyable way than the headphones. I recommend you to have a chance seriously listen to TSM-MM in correct set up. I have to say that your assumption orignally had too much gap from the reality.

songwriter, i read this prior to your further comments:

"The ability to play and enjoy ANY recording is one of the primary advantages of time/phase aligned speakers. I no longer have un-listenable or un-enjoyable recordings in my collection since purchasing the GMA speakers."

and undertood that "ANY" actually means "ANY". i interpret "play and enjoy" to mean "sound good". i don't think i was "twisting" anything. i was just reading your thoughts. thoughts which you obviously felt the need to elaborate upon further and i appreciate your further qualifications to your remarks. take care.