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| Newbie Q: How do small woofer speakers reach 32Hz? Good question. The Merlin VSM have a 6 1/2" woofer and are +/- 2db 33hz to 22khz - how do they do it? With the BAM bass augemntation module, essentially a bass equalizer that provide totally smooth bass response down to the low 30s with no elector... | |
| Low-cost I/C's It is true in most systems, it is not your imagination. | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? I think you have the makings of long-term satisfaction with your system and you can upgrade your music collection, enjoy. | |
| Merlin owners, AC or battery for BAM? So one day there will a VSS - that is what the world needs, a very scary subwoofer:) | |
| Merlin owners, AC or battery for BAM? Bobby, I think they are pretty darn convincing a large scale music, but there is something to be said for a 12" woofer, or two 8s - then again, they can't do what a 6 1/2" can do augmented with a BAM. I knwo a 3-way will do somethings, but it woul... | |
| Help: My newly upgraded AA Capitole gives no sound And, by the way, I don't think this has much to do with the general reliabity of AA, which I think has been quite good in general. It's simply that if something does go wrong, you must have reliable resources to address the issues. I agree, the pl... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? It did help. I ordered a 50 kohm resistor passive from Goldpoint. I do think that 9kohm (I did have a Placette too)wa a bit problematic, but I was not A/Bing with a TVC at the time. But I did have the Placette Active (buffer, no gain)and it was si... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Herman, maybe you can answer this, under what circumstances would you expect a resistor based passive to perform better than an AVC or TVC. I know they address some issues of impedance matching, but they also add alot of "stuff" between the source... | |
| Merlin owners, AC or battery for BAM? One can't help but wonder what Bobby could have done if he chose to make the best 3-way speaker in the world, but I can't help but thinking that three or more drivers (and additonal crossovers) would keep the Merlin magic from happening. The BAM w... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Herman doesn't sound inexperienced; not sure he was being rude either. But I do agree that a passive does take more thought to implement correctly than an active, no doubt about that IMHO. | |
| Help: My newly upgraded AA Capitole gives no sound I suspect 98% of AA buyers in the US visit Audiogon daily. I'm sticking with my Meitner for now. Of course, a U.S. presence is no guarantee in itself, with Audible Illusions which had a first-rate preamplfier and a great price, but simply never ma... | |
| Merlin owners, AC or battery for BAM? SNS, one of the reasons the VSMs are among the most "well sorted" speakers on the planet. 20+ of years of incremental improvement on what was a very good idea when it was first designed. When Bobby recommends something, I almost always do it, sinc... | |
| Merlin owners, AC or battery for BAM? Do the batteries have to be in the BAM if one choose to run AC only? | |
| Help: My newly upgraded AA Capitole gives no sound That would be great. It is obviously a great sounding product and well-built. They just need to work out the logistics for providing the support expected by US customers (and others around the world). | |
| Help: My newly upgraded AA Capitole gives no sound I was willing to venture and buy a Canadian CD/SACD product:) I simply refuse to buy a foreign (or domestic) product that does not have an established, reliable support network in the US. Not sure if that is or isn't true for Audio Aero. I know th... |