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| Best streamer/DAC for up to $1500 The Innuos Zen Mini Mk3 is available in your price range and has been very favorably reviewed. I’m considering its big brother myself (Innuos Zen Mk 3). You can then later add the separate power supply for another 650.00 to step it up a notch. You... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? My Neodio NR-600 Signature integrated amp. Tube sound without the tubes. Uses the Lavardin memory-distortion elimination technology. 100 wpc with remote control, and built like a tank. Preferable to any amp I've owned in the past 35 years (tube or... | |
| Why Merlins sound better then Sonus Faber The Merlin speakers have a tremendous past history of development effort and fine tuning. I've not heard all the SF models, but the ones I have heard (the last being the Grand Piano) sound nowhere near as "real" to me as the various Merlin models ... | |
| YBA Passion vs YBA integre dt integrated???? I owned the Passion Integre and to my ears, it was not any better than my Ayre integrated (AX-7e) and not nearly as good as my BAT 300x-SE, which had a tubed preamp section. The BAT isn't that much more money than the YBA, but in my system, the BA... | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time I've retired my speaker selection process :)Had the VSM-MXe (and now the Master BAM and RCs) since 2007 and have no desire to change speakers....might add that new Merlin sub when it comes out though | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time Can't help but wonder what our national economy and overall corporate status would be like if everyone had Bobby's passion for his work and desire to provide a quality product at a fair price (along with the upgrade path). Of course smaller compan... | |
| SS amps for merlin vsm @Pubul57 - yes, but it has been several years and on a different set of speakers. I had the Rogue 99 preamp and Model 88 power amp with the TSM-SE's and then the TSM-M's. The midrange was just ridiculously palpable, almost "wet" with realistic ton... | |
| SS amps for merlin vsm @ Masilu,I too use Belles. Currently have the Belles 150A Reference amp fed by a Bel Canto SEP2 tubed preamp (no longer in production). Love the combination. | |
| SS amps for merlin vsm have you considered the hybrid BAT 300x-SE integrated? The tubed preamp section is wonderful. Best integrated I've heard/owned. No pure SS amp has come close...the tubes in the preamp section will last a long time so maintenance is not a huge issu... | |
| Gallo 3.5 vs Merlin VSM-MXe System matching is key, but in my not so humble opinion, the latest version of the VSM, actually beginning with the lead free MXe, is the antithesis of "lean." My experience is that it sounds best with tubes in the amp chain (I prefer tubed preamp... | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time I've owned Merlins off and on since 2001, so I have a decade of owning and listening intently to several variations of both the TSM and VSM. I've owned the VSM-MXe since 2007 and recently upgraded to the Master BAM and RCs. I have no intention to ... | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? Also consider that the Totem's you're considering actually require tubes moreso than the Merlins - the Totem aluminum tweeter is going to sound smoother and less fatiguing if tube amplification is used, whereas the Merlin soft dome tweeter sounds ... | |
| Wyred amps and Merlin VSM-MXe speakers Sorry - I should have mentioned I no longer have the STI-500 integrated. I currently am using my long time Belles Ref 150 Reference amp with my Bel Canto SEP-2 preamp. I just purchased a ST-250 power amp and will compare it this week with the Bell... | |
| Gallo 3.1 sounds slow and veiled...why? Templetech - I don't own the Gallos, but definitely recall reading a review (Stereophile or elsewhere) stating that the Gallos not only needed breaking in, they needed SEVERE breaking in. The reviewer actually placed heavy blankets over top of the... | |
| New Speaker Cables for Merlin MME I also have the Audience AU24 speaker cables with my Merlin VSM-MXe's and love them. |