david_berry
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| Full range speakers with small footprint? Third vote for a pair of Merlin VSM. Within that price, and with some good shopping, you should be able to find a pair of VSM-SE studio black.Small footprint, good depth of bass (-4.5 dB at 30Hz), easy to drive, and customer support second to none... | |
| Jacintha, anyone??? Only one? OK, if push came to shove, I would recommend Jacintha is Her Name.Unfortunatly :), you will probably get all her recordings as a recommendation in this thread as there is not one bad recording of her and the music is mesmerizing.David | |
| Update Merlin TSM-Speaker Cables please Bobby,Very interested in your comments after you are done.David | |
| Merlin Owner's... Baddabob,I have had a pair of Merlin VSM-SE and VSM-M hooked up to a Bryston 4B-ST amp and, as Bobby said, it just was too damped in the bottem end. The Bryston worked wonderfully with previous speakers (Gershman Acoustics Avant Garde RX-20, Revel... | |
| Plinius Amps mated with Merlin VSM-Ms? Unless you already own the Plinius amp, Bobby does recommend the Belles 150A Hot Rod or the Belles 150A Reference amp. Both considerably less expensive than the 102 (let alone the VZN 100's !).David | |
| Best Speaker Placement Rules you've used? Good question.I started out with the Cardas room placement model, but in order to be at least 9 feet away from my speakers (according to the manufacturer), I had to move them back a bit.Make sure that the distance (center of woofer) is different (... | |
| Where to place room treatment? As another resource, go to www.audioasylum.com and check out Jon Risch's DIY tube traps and absorbing panels. Very effective, innexpensive, and easy to make. I recently made 5 big (4' x 2.5') wall panels and 4 "Super Quick and Dirty" bass traps fo... | |
| cary v12 / gershman avande garde I agree with the opinion that the RX-20's are a bit mellow even with the switch positioned to "boost" the treble. When I had them, they seemed to mate very well with a Bryston 3B-ST and then later, a 4B-ST (only because I found a great deal locall... | |
| Nightmare selling to Canada Yeah, it is a crime. So is going 81 kph in a 80 kph zone. | |
| What's Going On?? Sound changes every night Funny enough, I experience this too. Last night was about an hour and a half of musical enjoyment. The night before it was somewhat irritating. I mainly believe that it is due to the human factor.Good reasons all above! | |
| Is there any hope for my room? Thanks Mike. | |
| Is there any hope for my room? Thank you Tim,I live in Southern Ontario and am rapidly running out of resources to find the OC 705 stuff. I am building a Jon Risch sidewall panel trap and I guess that I am going to have to go with the lower density stuff (OC 703) (i.e. 3 lbs/ft... | |
| Is there any hope for my room? Tim,Owen Corning 705-706 perhaps?If not, please be specific as to what it is and where you bought it as I am looking for the same thing.Thanks,David | |
| Need to tame bass Completely agree with Sogood51 and Newbee. I would also recommend purchasing a Radio Shack SPL meter and a CD with bass test tones (i.e. Stereophile Test Disc #3). I am currently doing exactly what Sogood51 has recommended. Man, the SPL numbers do... | |
| Favorite CD treatments? Dish soap. Really. |