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RE: Yes I agree these are very nice sounding speakers, but there are a no substitutes

"The VSMs (and the TSMs too) do without these traits in order to deliver a more uniform, continuous and pure sound in order to offer (IMO) a more honest and more and true window to the the music and the gear through which it is being played."

Having been accused in the past of being overly enthusiastic about gear that I sell, I am acutely aware of where description and even praise crosses over into promotion. That said, I expect the above description has been used by a great many speaker designers to describe their products. What Mr. B is describing here is transparency. But since most of us have heard Harbeths and Thiels and Audio Notes and Quads and Sound Labs, we know that transparency comes in many shapes, sizes, sounds, and alas, colors. Merlins have their own sound, a sound which appeals to some and not to others. It would be interesting to hear someone attempt to describe that sound in somewhat more particular terms some day. That might help prospective buyers more than simply telling them that here we have yet another speaker claiming to be absolutely transparent. No such thing, y'all. Not yet anyway.


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