jim2
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| Whats the FATTEST sounding Tube amp to warm up Lean speakers? Dumbeat, I bought a pair of Merlin VSM speakers from Bobby in 1999-ish... I'd have to check the receipt to remember for sure. He upgraded them once and they had better bass as a result. In 2001, I bought a Joule VZN-80 amp. Why? Well, my wife ... | |
| Food or beryllium tweeters for my DeCapo's Tubegroover: His system just sounds about as good as I’ve ever heard it and get this, he changed electronics from vintage ARC gear to a Creek Integrated, you wouldn’t believe it and neither would I until you heard it. Have we grown tired of the De... | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time I bought a pair of VSM-SE speakers from Bobby in Dec '99. He later upgraded them to MM version - huge leap in performance. I think one of the things about the VSM is they don't look like they should be able to do what they actually do. People see ... | |
| Merlin what have you seen? Give me the one with the lowest damping factor and I'll take my chances. | |
| Speakers Like Merlin VSM? Avivey, to Sbank's point, it's actually not a bad thing that you sold the VSM-Ms because the MM or MX are a huge step up. They play bigger / louder, yet don't get strained like the SE when you push them a bit. Much more ease. I could not believe t... | |
| Speakers Like Merlin VSM? One unfortunate thing of having a Merlin VSM-MM / Joule setup, as I do, is that you sometimes miss out on all the fun - like this thread - because you are not surfing audiogon 24/7 looking for that missing piece of magic that your system needs. Ye... | |
| What new amp for my Merlins Jay, I appreciate that you are asking about which amp to use but besides that, you really should send your speakers for the "MM" and Super Bam upgrade. I just got my SE speakers back and the improvement is astounding. They are head and shoulders b... | |
| All Merlin family members. for what it's worth, if i could i would have nothing in between the speakers except for the amp on the floor. i would treat the front wall as necessary. in reality i have a low, wide 22" high cabinet with a plasma tv on the wall. i'm having a cove... | |
| GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM songwriter, i read this prior to your further comments:"The ability to play and enjoy ANY recording is one of the primary advantages of time/phase aligned speakers. I no longer have un-listenable or un-enjoyable recordings in my collection since p... | |
| GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM songwriter wrote: "The ability to play and enjoy ANY recording is one of the primary advantages of time/phase aligned speakers. I no longer have un-listenable or un-enjoyable recordings in my collection since purchasing the GMA speakers."songwrite... | |
| Eggleston, Merlin, Jean Marie Reynaud???? pluto, do you have a $$ figure you are trying to stick to? reason being, you can spend surprisingly little and have a joule / merlin setup. the joule electra vamp integrated is a great integrated and a superb match for the tsm's. i bought my integ... | |
| GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM Minbean, what are you driving them with? | |
| Merlin VSM-MM v. VSM-MX CN: I've owned my VSM SE speakers for about 7 years now and should have them back this week from Bobby after doing the MM upgrade. There may very well be some performance difference between the standard and premium finish (I don't know for myself)... | |
| Tube, hybrid or solid state for Merlin TSM-MMs? Jrinkerptdnet, you are talking about the Joule VAMP integrated? I have one as well and will be pairing it with a pair of TSM-MMs soon. Looking forward to it. Kilsho, in years past Bobby had two rooms at the CES. One had the Merlin VSMs in it with ... | |
| Joule vzn 80 or 100 for merlins? Tomryan, if it sounds that much better then it really must be something. My speakers are going from 'SE' version to 'MM' version soon and he raves about that difference. Perhaps that sort of combo (MM or MX) is where he realizes the significant di... |