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| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? I picked up a used forte 4a pure class A amp from a friend,it is rated a 50w per side and the merlin tsm sound great with it. | |
| AVR preamp out question I have a HK 7200 i use in 6 direct mode with the pre-outs to a forte 4a for 2 channel to merlin tsm and it works great-not sure what the problem would be. | |
| SS amp for Merlin VSMs? Pubul57,yes the upgrade to the forte 4a was a major improvement. | |
| SS amp for Merlin VSMs? For many years I used a HK reciever for my tsm me's-theysounded great-i use a modright denon 2900 truth tube cdplayer in the direct mode on the hk-recently bought a Forte4a class a amp from a friend-I use the hk as a pre-amp in the direct mode and... | |
| Acoustic Research AR9LS owners? Just for thought I had a pair of 9Ls back in the 80's bought them new-powered with a mac 2600-i think was around 500w per channel.I grew up with AR3a the 9's continued with the 3a's impressive low end-but were louder and way more durable-they could pretty much han... | |
| best AVR for dual use in HT/music? HK-I have late model avr 7200 that I use in direct mode with a denon 2900 modwright tube setup with merlin tsm's and velodyne. 2 channel is awesome-harmon kardon has high current and a smooth-full sound.Family likes the surround for movies-use b&a... | |
| Ohm speakers I posted a response to the "speakers to hang on to for life" about a pair of ohm walsh2 that I picked up with a trade.My main system uses merlin tsm-with a velodyne sub-modwright denon 2900 tube mod-harmon kardon power-and I think they sound great... | |
| Best SACD's Stealy Dan--Gaucho--rocks | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I traded a pair of klipsch heresy's to a young kid who had a pair of ohm walsh 2-he wanted the loudness of the klipsch and I have always wanted to check out the ohm.I use the ohm's in a second system-powered with a 35 year old acoustic research am... | |
| Anyone heard the ess connoisseur series? I have a pair of ess amt 1b-from the 70's-use them in second system and have always liked them.I read on the internet about the connoisseur series-very positive reviews-I always thought the heil driver was hard to beat.Besides the connoisseur seri... | |
| Warm Sounding Surround Receiver I have the HK 7200-strongly agree with the above remarks-excellent-powerful-warm sound.I have friends with much more expensive-high end equipment-that are annoyed with how good the HK sounds. | |
| Great old speakers that are as good as new ones ESS amt 1b--with the right gear still amazing. | |
| Mixing b&w 703 with cdm 9nt and cdm cnt I use a cdm nt-center in my system. Originally I had cdm 1 se fronts and rears-that sounded great-I upgraded the fronts to merlin tsm's which sounded even better.I listening mostly to 2 channel-but the family likes the home theater sound with movi... | |
| Anyone here using vintage speakers? I have several pair of vintage speakers-still have my original AR 3a's tucked away in the closet-my daughter has my ess amt 1b's.Recently I traded and picked up a pair of ohm walsh 2.I am using them in a second system in the house with my ancient ... | |
| Swap my klipsch heresy's for Ohm walsh 2 Tvad--not at all-spent half the day listening to the ohm'sI had never heard them and was wondering about others whohad heard them-turns out the individual I swapped with lovesthe klipsch sound---worked out great. |