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Your experience with Cardas SE9 as speaker cable?
I have Merlin TSM-MMs and initially tried audience au24 cables - they were just OK in my system. Their interconnects, power conditioners, and power cables are awesome in my system, but the au24's didn't make my speakers sing. After talking to Merl... 
Merlin TSM comparisons
Thanks, Bobby, I will definitely give the Supra 6.0 cables a try with my TSMs.Thanks again,Dave 
Merlin TSM comparisons
Bobby,The Supra cables seem to be one of the best values in the high end cable industry, but if price were not a factor, how well would the Supra cables perform between the merlin tsm-mmi's and a high quality solid state (mosfet) amp compared to o... 
Review: Theta Compli Blu vs Oppo BDP-83 SE
I thoroughly enjoyed your review and appreciate that you shared your experiences with us. One quick question - with a high quality preamp like the Cary, I was surprsied that you used the PCM output on the universal players(instead of the bistream ... 
Review: Merlin Music Systems TSM-MXr Monitor
I own the older version, the TSM-MMs, since 2001, and it is the first speaker that I have not wanted to upgrade from after owning it for 2 years, and I have it for nearly 10 years. I have made numerous upgrades to every other component in my syste... 
Cary Cinema 11 Quirks?
I have had the 11a for about a month, and I am very glad I purchased it. Before purchasing it, I auditioned a Parasound Halo P-7 Multi-channel preamp for a couple of weeks, and then conducted an A/B comparison between the two. I was very impressed... 
Cables & Merlin TSM-XMr
I had the Anti-Cables for about 9 months after initially using Monster Cable. TH\he Anti-Cables were connected the best way possible - I cleaned the exposed wire with contact cleaner, then inserted the exposed wire into the Merlin binding posts an... 
How can you utilize EQ/DSP Room Correction w/ SACD
This has been a very interesting thread, Queefee, thanks! Appreciate all of the excellent info, Kal! Queefee, I would be interested to see what you determine to be the best sounding SACD playback option. Many times in these threads, there are inte... 
Isolation Feet for Blu-ray Player?
Whenever CD Players and Blu-Ray Players experience excessive vibrations, their error correction circuitry kicks in to ensure they can continue to track the disc that is being read properly. When the error correction circuitry kicks in, the dynamic... 
Problems with Marantz AV 8003 & new AV 7005
Kal,Thanks for the info! I know you cannot possibly review everything that comes out, but this pre/pro has made a pretty big spash, especially for it's sound quality, so I was surprised that you have not reviewed it. Any news regarding the 7005 - ... 
Hafler 9505 power amps
The only hafler amps that have the Diablo and Diamond circuits are the Transnova 9505 and the Transnova 9303. The Transnova 9500 and 9300 are very similar to these two amplifers, except for these two circuits. Because of these circuits, the 9505 a...