Merlin TSM comparisons

paul, you are in for more fun as you master bam and rc's are going out today by ups, signature requested.
have fun,
bobby

I don't view a sub as a band aid. That infers it fixes something that is damaged or defective otherwise. If integrated well with good small monitors in particular, it is there optionally to add something that was not there to start with, and only as wanted or needed.

There are many threads around arguing the pro/cons of subs so no sense re-hashing all that.

08-23-10: Mapman
I don't view a sub as a band aid. That infers it fixes something that is damaged or defective otherwise.

Right. If a speaker sounds thin, then to me that's a sign of something being wrong with the speaker...even if *wrong* means the speaker doesn't meet the listener's requirements.

As I wrote, there are plenty of monitor loudspeakers that don't sound thin: Totem, Merlin, LSA, etc.

OK, but not meeting listener expectations does not mean the fundamental design of the speaker is flawed, only that the buyer chose the wrong speaker.

I've heard magico mini but never Merlin.

Even the mini's sounded "thin" to me on an absolute scale, despite being one of the best speakers I have heard in most every other regard.

I've heard higher end Totem monitors in the past as well and they were also quite good as has been similar Dynaudio (not thin).


I have some pretty good Triangle monitors ($500 new) also. These are thinner than 5X as expensive Dynaudio at higher volumes, but competitive with most anything at low volumes.

Not sure what thin means. Is this related to frequency balance, or image density? In the latter case, tubes are not "thin", SS...