Full range speakers with small footprint?

they can do mettallica just fine here at the plant in a 24 by 28 by 16 foot tall room.
regards,
bobby at merlin
Bobbyapalkovic 

Bobby, I appreciate your take. My listening experience was different. This comes down to one's preference and illustrates why an audition of loudspeakers with one's own music is important.

hi tvad,
i agree about hearing a speaker with your own music and that one's own personal preference has a lot to do with ones choice. but this speaker in particular is extremely continuous from top to bottom. and it is possible that the individual that owned them may not have had them set up to best show what you were after personally. this is in an ancillary sense and even, placement. the speaker (the vsm mm or mx and super bam in particlar) do not have a tonality issues and can be worked with to address ones preferences to a degree. the se is lighter sounding and more suited to se tubes, imho.
regards,
b
regards,
bobby

Tvad,

I have the Merlin VSM-MXs with a Velodyne DD-15 sub. With the latest BBAM the Merlins have clean and authoritative bass with rock music down to 30hz or slightly below, under which the sub adds the ultimate foundation with the xover set at a 30hz. I can see this clearly on the integrated spectrum analyzer in the Velodyne and hear it as well. Within their range the Merlins are great bass performers (if you like your bass clean and tight), but their bass is quite dependent on correct room positioning and proper spiking. So perhaps the question is whether a speaker that goes into the low 30hz range is "full range."

Dave

Guys, this is a topic that has been discussed several times before, and ultimately develops a circularity...190 degrees of which is already apparent in this thread. I'm jumping off here. Have fun!

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