martykl
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| Full Range Speaker That Can Play Near Boundaries The older Merlin VSM SE was a little thin through the mid-bass when placed in free space. The octave to octave balance fleshed out a bit with hear wall placement and actually sounded a bit more natural to my ear. However, I also felt that the spea... | |
| Vintage loudspeakers....Sleeper models.... Bill,Now that you mention it.....I seem to recall that mine were the ssm-7 (smaller 3 way), but yep, that's the series. I thought they were quite good in a lot of ways, but I did eventually sell them. (I geuss they weren't quite good enough to kee... | |
| Vintage loudspeakers....Sleeper models.... Oops, mine were 3 ways.As Emily Latella said "Never mind".Marty | |
| Vintage loudspeakers....Sleeper models.... If the Sony speakers that you found are the ones I'm thinking of - they had a complex cabinet shape (vaguely Avalon-esque) - then they were much more than simply decent performers. I once owned a pair: nicely finished, wide bandwidth, and quite ne... | |
| the greatest pop song ever? Ras 422,I always thought that The Showmen were overlooked. Everyone hailed Brian Wilson when he fused vocal music (doo wop) with Chuck Berry, Cal sunny lyrics and his own lunatic production vision. Meanwhile, over on the East Coast, Allen Toussain... | |
| the greatest pop song ever? "Five O'Clock World" is a great song that got a second life as the theme song for Drew Carey's sitcom. Loved it before that, loved it even more afterwards.For me, "Would't It Be Nice" can't quite match "Good Vibrations". Talk about production valu... | |
| High pass and low pass filters An Audyssey/SVS sub controller or Velodyne SMS-1 sub controller is the easiest way that I know of to integrate a sub seamlessly. These devices also add digital room correction in the bass region which is IMHO a fantastic benefit. They're not inexp... | |
| Hemp Drivers, musicians lov'em, audiophiles? BTW,My comment was in no way a criticism of hemp drivers, as I've never heard one. I was just pointing out that Santana's use of this type of driver for performance/recording is no endorsement for that driver in a home system.Marty | |
| Hemp Drivers, musicians lov'em, audiophiles? An electric guitarist will choose an amp/cabinet (speaker) in large part on the way that combo sounds when grossly distorting the signal. This is quite different than an audiophile application. Production vs reproduction can be apples vs orangesMarty | |
| Sub/Speaker Crossover? As usual, Bob has hit the IMHO critical points. An illustration from Verity Audio. The Parsifal monitor is down 3 db at 55 hz. The x-over in the Encore woofer is set at 150 hz. Obviously stereo cabinets are required. one more reason to cross high.... | |
| Focal Mini Utopia vs Merlin MXe PubulYou might try the TAD Hibachi monos. They are small, traditional A/B monoblocks that run cool, look nice, are modestly priced, and sound very very good with Merlins. Not much flash, but - IMHO - a good ss mate for these speakersMarty | |
| It's the Room, Stupid drc anybody? | |
| what are the "must have" CD's jennifer warnes. the hunterAllen toussaint. bright Mississippifun music, real bass, great sqjust 2 to startmartyps. jimmy smith was a good call too | |
| Silverline Minuet Speakers and Receivers or Amps I use mine in my gym with a NAD receiver and their relationship is perfectly cordialmarty | |
| Subwoofer suggestions for SMGA's I've gotten a great result with MMGs and a pair of Rythmik 12" subs. I also use a Velo SMS-1 sub controller (critical to success) and an NHT x-2 high pass x-over for the mains (I don't like the high pass in the SMS, but this is certainly less crit... |