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GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
Thanks!I will look for chances of listening to both of them. 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
I appreciate all the members here for their kind hearts tring to help me out and wishing me the best sound! 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
Thanks songwriter72 for your time to make me understand!I think I will spend some time with my old textbooks. I have not dealt with LC filters for a longtime.I know nothing can beat actual experiences and conviction although opportunity to listen ... 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
That is a good idea!Thanks Bobby! 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
I don't think I can ever get listenings for both of them in Vancouver, Canada!Thanks for all the honest inputs! 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
Thank you all for the honest and considerate answers!!! 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
I am afraid there were not many people who have auditioned both of them enoughly! 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
I have a difficulty to understand songwriter72's theory because there are so many nice speakers operating with simple crossover networks without so called phase correction.If frequency is 50Hz, 180 degrees of phase difference means 0.01 second and... 
Searching for power amps with low damping factor.
I second Eldartford's idea. 
GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM
Thanks for the inputs! I wanted to know if they are categorized as same kind in ways of presentation or not. 
balanced vs unbalanced
If everything is proper, no difference of sound quality.Noise is cancelled when it gets on both hot and cold input of balanced system, and that was the main reason balanced input has been adopted for professional system where the input line can be... 
KT-88's better than EH ...
JJ KT88's are very reliable and good sounding. Their plate have additional heat sinking wing. One of my friend use them in his Harman Kardon amp operating at plate voltage of 650V and they out-lasted any tubes he ever used. 
What's your profession? Age?
Amp tech and designer, 47 years 
PLEASE HELP---Sansui 1000A tech question
I recommend to bring it to a reliable Tech before the problem is amplified to a real one. I am a Tech myself but I live in Vancouver, Canada. 
Survey-What is your most used source?
Vinyl 95+%, 5% - CD borrowed from libraries and friends