Merlin speaker/cable combinations?


Which speaker cable/wire works well with Merlin speakers?Again the question relates more to the combination of Merlin speakers and Hybrid or Solid State amplification.The spesific Merlin's I'm refering to is the VSM-MM's.Any comments/opinions will be appreciated.
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Showing 2 responses by bobbyapalkovic

it is true that i like the cardas golden ref and audience au24. just keep in mind that i do not recommend shotgun bi-wires with large gauges of wire on the tweeter and woofer. i recommend internal bi-wires where the tweeter wires are a smaller gauge (14 gauge or less) than the woofer wires. 98% of the time you will get much better sound using my jumpers and a single wire hookup. i also do not recommend ribbons or large gauges of solid core conductors. i prefer litz as a rule.
b
i think either would do a fantastic job. using a single run with my cardas wired jumpers will give you a fuller balance than the internally wired cardas golden ref. this internally wired cardas is my reference wire with my otls which have a relaxed and tonally rich character. the single wire/jumper is a little more relaxed in the treble and better with amps that are less fleshed out. in an absolute sense, even with my favorite amps, the difference is less than a few % with the single wire/merlin jumper or the internally wired cardas golden ref.
the audience has a slightly fuller tonal balance in the mid bass making it a great wire with ss and less fleshed tube sounds and the cardas is more complete in an ambient sense making it better with more fleshed out tube amps like my otls.
either wire would sound absolutely fabulous as many will agree. one plays a fuller tonal balance and the other plays a more 3d presentation.
b