In Reply to: RE: Yes I agree these are very nice sounding speakers, but there are a no substitutes posted by Rich Brkich on January 29, 2008 at 08:36:35:
"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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- RE: Yes I agree these are very nice sounding speakers, but there are a no substitutes - Bob Neill 06:05:30 01/31/08 (24)
- RE: Yes I agree these are very nice sounding speakers, but there are a no substitutes - Bobby Palkovic 06:17:27 01/31/08 (23)
- RE: Yes I agree these are very nice sounding speakers, but there are a no substitutes - Bob Neill 07:15:32 01/31/08 (22)
- ok, i'll add a little... - Bobby Palkovic 07:31:51 01/31/08 (21)
- RE: ok, i'll add a little... - Bob Neill 07:56:56 01/31/08 (20)
- RE: ok, i'll add a little more... - Bobby Palkovic 09:09:50 01/31/08 (19)
- RE: ok, i'll add a little more... - Bob Neill 11:52:12 01/31/08 (18)
- RE: ok, i'll add a little more... - rob132 11:16:46 02/01/08 (5)
- RE: ok, i'll add a little more... - Bobby Palkovic 12:37:58 02/01/08 (4)
- Whoa... - Bob Neill 13:44:19 02/01/08 (1)
- bob, i was in this discussion almost two days ... - Bobby Palkovic 14:00:00 02/01/08 (0)
- You are just proving my point. - rob132 12:57:26 02/01/08 (1)
- RE: You are just proving my point. - Bobby Palkovic 13:14:36 02/01/08 (0)
- RE: ok, i'll add a little more... - jbcortes 12:19:19 01/31/08 (0)
- one pro's opinion - DKL 12:07:44 01/31/08 (10)
- RE: one pro's opinion - Bob Neill 12:47:53 01/31/08 (5)
- RE: one pro's opinion - DKL 13:33:50 01/31/08 (4)
- RE: one pro's opinion - Bob Neill 13:46:56 01/31/08 (3)
- RE: one pro's opinion - DKL 13:53:22 01/31/08 (2)
- RE: one pro's opinion - Bob Neill 14:18:20 01/31/08 (1)
- a suitable ending... - Bobby Palkovic 14:29:13 01/31/08 (0)
- RE: one pro's opinion - Bob Neill 12:46:38 01/31/08 (3)
- bob,.. - Bobby Palkovic 13:04:46 01/31/08 (2)
- RE: bob,.. - Bob Neill 14:33:30 01/31/08 (1)
- RE: bob,.. - Bobby Palkovic 14:42:20 01/31/08 (0)