celtic66
Responses from celtic66
| Are Merlin TSM speakers buried with their owners? Merlin TSM BME with master Zoebel boxed for now. They are wonderful, but moved onto ATC active to move air like I wanted to. Within their parameters of price, physical size and performance with reasonably priced kit driving them, they are gamers. | |
| Spotify channel list non-existent Thank you Audiogon moderators for controlling the hippocampus challenged. | |
| Spotify channel list non-existent Okay. Thank you for clarification. Obviously, it’s all different. Cheers | |
| Sirius XM for 80 year olds....... fool's errand? Agree with Spotify quality, but programming may be the issue. Thank you for other info also. | |
| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? Yes, ATC SCM 40. Owned the active version for some years and only replaced with larger ATC 50 active. Wonderful transducer with no bad habits. Ah, the ATC midrange. Magical. Best of luck. | |
| I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system. Sure, I’ll play. ATC SCM20ASLT. These are passive sealed towers with their best ‘S’ Spec tweeter. Sugden IA 4 integrated amp. 33 WPC Class A throughout. Retail well under 20K. This combo is shockingly good. Or, you can move up the two lines... | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? Really? Saw no mention of Manley Labs Jumbo Shrimp. And yes, I owned one for some years running with Mahi Mahi mono blocks. It was quite good and has a remote. Best of luck in your search. | |
| I’m considering upgrading my speakers internal wiring What carlsbad2 said. Even expensive brands can have surprisingly mediocre wire and caps in the crossover. I’ve seen the insides of dozens of speakers. Have fun. | |
| Amp suggestion for Merlin TSM speakers Owned/own Merlin TSM MME and TSM Black Magic with Master Zoebel. Ran them well with Manley Jumbo Shrimp pre and Mahi Mahi mono blocks. Also, Sugden A21SE integrated. Speaker cables were Decware Silver Stix. All of this sounded quite good. Don... | |
| A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks Furutech DPS 4.1 PC run from wall receptacle to Puritan Labs 156, replacing their stock PC was revelatory. This was replicated in my friend’s system with same Puritan Labs 156. We were both taken aback. Happy listening. | |
| ??? Anyone Running Active Speakers Driven By A Tube PreAmp ??? Three tube preamplifiers were used with ATC 40A and ATC 50A transducers: Manley Jumbo Shrimp, Manley Neo Classic 300B and De Havilland Mercury (heavily modified) were used for years in my system. Each time I felt the tube design could not keep u... | |
| My Sonus Faber Amatis have weak bass even though I'm running ML 536s--800 w/ch into 4 ohms Also not a Nordost cable fan, except for digital. They do nice digital cables. Anyway, they do trend towards thinner sound. My non-custom made cables are Decware and Duelund. Yes, Decware. Duelund makes very nice simple speaker cables. Cheers | |
| Would like to get more bass out of my B&W 801 series 2 speakers yags1 probably has it with the Sound Anchors stands. Or, possibly Gaia Footers or Townshend. So many chase around trying to fix what cannot be fixed until stability issues are addressed. This also applies to equipment. The Sound Anchors, Gaia ... | |
| Has anyone upgraded from Merlin TSMs? Sure. Improvements in source, preamp, power, power conditioning, equipment stand and cabling all brought improvements to how the Merlins performed. Some transducers peak quickly, others reflect any true improvements in front of them. Even qua... | |
| Has anyone upgraded from Merlin TSMs? I've the last version of TSM Black Magic with Master Zoebels on the terminals. Great speaker and tough to match or even beat within the class. I've also ATC SCM 20 passives. Big leap in capital expenditure and decidedly better. Why wouldn't th... |