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| Sealing ported enclosure to reduce boom I like Duke's ideas!I've seen the port diameter trick done professionally to improve performance.Never tried the straws approach but it sounds good! | |
| Music you HATE the most but once you LOVED it I think that as youthful idealism fades out with age, musical tastes for things like Jackson Browne and Cat Stevens and a lot of old hippy-like ideals tends to fade as well.Its something worth trying to hold onto though. Idealism beats cynicism an... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons I suspect the Merlins and tube amps represent a particularly tasty and effective combo.I've heard Totem Mani IIs for example. Wonderful speakers, but need lots of good SS juice to peak and justify the cost. Dynaudios are similar I believe.Even the... | |
| Music you HATE the most but once you LOVED it Boston: limited catalog and way overplayed.Gotta say Fleetwood Mac stock overall is down for me of late but still love a lot of their stuff and Lindsey Buckingham in particular.Other than that I like most everything better today than before becaus... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons Also one last comment about OHM Walshes and monitors.I see OHM Walshes properly matched to room competing more with full range speakers in general, though they are certainly good for near field listening as well, which is a monitors in general. Ot... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons Bobby,Curious about the two versions and use with SS versus tubes.My understanding is the difference is the finish and perhaps cabinet construction. IS that correct?Is the extra rigidity or damping ability of the upper model what makes it more tub... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons Bobby,Thanks for the info.I'll keep an eye out for the opportunity to audition teh MErlins and see if they convince me to jump from what I have. | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Whoops, i forgot to sign the post as my sarcastic alter ego "MADman", not mapman.I drive a 96 4runner. | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons Yes, as Rebbi pointed out, OHM Walsh (and omnis in general) do imaging differently than monitors, planars or any other more directional designs. I will not say necessarily better or worse, just different. Some will take to it and never look back a... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? There is a theory going around that real audiophiles do not like remotes. Maybe most people like remotes better than good sound? | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons Some have indicated using a sub with the OHMs off of tube amps with excellent results.Maybe Bobby's RC network could work on other speakers like the OHMs to make them more tube friendly? It would be an interesting experiment to try if someone has ... | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths I've seen some carbon fibre mats that might have similar properties but lower mass for tables that might not handle a 4 lb copper mat. They are not cheap but less than copper also I see. | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons OHMs are not tube friendly, so if a tube amp is a must, you can get by perhaps, but are not likely to max out performance with any OHM Walshes I suspect.500 w/ch IcePower is the bomb however with both my OHM Walshes, 5S3 and 100S3. The Dyns and Tr... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons There are a lot of snafus one can encounter in trying to piece together a top performing rig alone.Merlin seems like a practical fast track to high end performance for many. The design seems well thought out to work well for most user with most av... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons Guppy,Yes, power and also importantly current.I've found high power, high current separate amps to be best matches to the OHM Walshes rather than integrateds because it is very expensive to build a high power and current power source into an integ... |