joneill
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| Merlin Owner's... Piano Black hands down. Black/Blue ice second favorite color. | |
| vpi jmw tonarm rust yes rust Black Flag..............no, no...............Jones Ant Killer sounds way better : ) | |
| ProAc or Merlin Hi Vox,Sorry, I cannot make that direct comparasion for you with that particular Proac speaker. I have owned two pair of Proac monitors and while I enjoyed each of them not to the same extent as I've enjoyed the Merlin VSM M speaker. I do have a c... | |
| Reference quality line stage? Joule-Electra LA 150 lS. | |
| VPI Scout or Scoutmaster? After having a Scout for alomost a couple of years sold it earlier in January. Heard Scoutmaster at CES in the Joule/Elrod room and purchased one from Music Direct at the show. Built like a tank. Bang for the buck table. You can add outer clamp an... | |
| Merlin VSM Mil. Bass Brooks1,I use Acme cryo outlets on 2 20 amp dedicated circuits in my listening room. Break in was lenghty. (30 days I recall) Once brken in, hard to beleive that an outlet could make that kind of difference.Hang in there. They'll go up and down wi... | |
| Build a system around speakers in the $5-$7.5K Bogkidz,I agree with Spencer. Merlin VSM M are speakers to build a system around. I have and am extremely happy.I was a tad bit hesitant to call Merlin when I became interested. Don't be, Bobby is most generous with his time even if you don't end ... | |
| Merlin VSM-M or VSM-MX vs. Kharma CRM3.2 series Bobby brings up some intresting points in his reply. As a former musician (drummer) as well as an audiophile, I've looked to build a system with components that do more "right" than "wrong" in my search for the absolute sound. It is this fine line... | |
| Merlin VSM-M or VSM-MX vs. Kharma CRM3.2 series Jtinn,"Different strokes for different folks I guess"! The Kharma 3.2 are fine speaker. I thought my message stated that. Trouble reading?? Emotional connection??? It's the VSM M for my money. Sorry if you don't agree with my opinion, but it is st... | |
| Merlin VSM-M or VSM-MX vs. Kharma CRM3.2 series Kmmorgan,The VSM M with the BAM is quite simply a speaker to build a system around. With the correct selection of upstream components, wire and power conditioning, will bring years of listening pleasure.The Kharma's are fine speakers but do not co... | |
| Couple of questions on the Merlin VSM speakers... Budrew,I am in a dedicated room 20 X 14 treated with MG Tunepack and 4 Argent Room lenses. My VSM M speaker fronts 72" inches from rear wall and about 5'6" apart (Rule of thirds). They throw an incrediblely deep, wide SS filled with holographic im... | |
| Any body hear the new improved Merlins at CES? The Merlin room was displaying the new VSM M-X Anniversary addition speakers in a drop dead gorgeous clear coat British Racing Green. The new speakers are said to improve dynamics by 15 or 20%. (More details to come from Merlin in near future acco... | |
| Merlin Mil. w/hybrid amps?? Mrpaul,Hang on to your hat as you will be "blown away" by the wire and cap mods on the ZH270 after 200 hours. The upgrade is that good.Jim | |
| Why so many Merlin VSM's for sale?? Royy,The Merlin VSM M speakers are anchors to build a system around IMO. The past three + years, with some suggestions from Bobby@Merlin, I have put together a world class system that is extremely musical and very satisfying. http://cgi.audioasylu... | |
| Is the Berning ZH270 revalatory? Mew,I agree with most of what has been said here and will not repeat what has been stated, The Berning ZH 270, JE LA 150, Cardas GR, Merlin VSM combo has brought so much listening pleasure to my Rig that I long for nothing else.The past 18 months ... |