pubul57
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| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. The Verity Parsifal are mightly fine and highly resolving, but not to the same extent as the Merlins; they do provide a bit more impactful bass, though the gap in that area has narrowed with the latest version of the VSMs. To my ears, Verity and M... | |
| Verity Audio Parsifal vs. Aerial 10T Martyk1, I agree with your comparison between the two. Both great speakers. | |
| Verity Audio Parsifal vs. Aerial 10T A more natural competitor to the Parsifal in that they sound more alike than different is the Merlin VSM-MXe. Both highly resolved speakers. With all the speakers I have heard over the years, my favourite two were Verity and Merlin - I chose Merli... | |
| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. I think the Merlin VSM-MXe have a very high WAF, are smallish so they don't dominate a room, and are perfectly suited to a room your size. While it is down 2db at 33Hz, that seems to be a good amount of bass for a room your size, with the a great ... | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon No problem, and I agree about the Dynaudio 5 versus the 3, worth the step up IMHO. | |
| Best way to add remote volume control to tube pre. The Placette is perfect for the application, I used one with a CAT SL1 Ultimate so I could have finer control the CAT's increments - I could hear no difference with RVC in the chain. Don't be suprised if the Placette alone sounds better than your ... | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon Nothing wrong with a manufacturer or dealer giving their opinion (I welcome them), but it needs to be disclosed - it helps to know how much salt to apply. Which is not to say that Dynaudio's are not fine speakers, or that the 5s are not better tha... | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon Vandersteen's are among my favourite speakers, but I don't think they would be described as detailed - which I don't think too much of is such a great thing anyway - they are certainly full range, especially the Quattro. I'm not sure Cardas cablin... | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon Maybe I have not heard these speakers in too long a time, but I'm suprised to see Thiel and B&W mentioned in this context; fine speakers no doubt, but compared to something like a Harbeth, Spendor, or Proac they don't seem to answer the call f... | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon You might also wnnt to consider Merlin VSMs which use the Esotar tweeter. The best speaker I have heard, though it is down 2dbs or so at 32Hz - not bad for a two-way. | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon Theil are wonderful speakers, but warm? The Harbeth line (the bigger ones for frequency extension) would fit the bill, or ProAc perhaps. | |
| Pass Labs amps. Help me choose. The XA.5 series is the best sounding SS I have ever heard (I have also owned a few Alephs). I drove my 89db Merlins (easy load) with the XA-30.5 - beleive me, it was plenty of power in my application, they certainly seemed conservatively rated. Co... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Agree, bloom is not warmth, I think of it as Tvad describes it. And I agree on the Pass; I feel very stupid having sold my XA30.5; I miss it and may get one again. | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? I agree the Atma-sphere is not "tube-like" in the sense you describe (rolloff at the extremes with a mid-range push)- I think that older tube gear may have been a bit like that. What is tube-like to me, for both preamps and amps is the elusive con... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? In the real world yes, in GON World a little less so. |