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In Reply to: RE: Really...I mean...Really? posted by AudioDwebe on November 17, 2010 at 09:46:21
LOL...I remember that troll!
Well, be prepared. These speakers have gone beyond what I even hoped for.
What will you be using to run with them?
Rob
We Need a Bigger Boat
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I'm really looking forward to hearing them, that's for sure. I've got a decent arsenal of speakers and am hoping that the Merlin's will allow me to dump most of the others (have to keep the TC-60s for sentimental reasons) without much pain.
If I go the SS route, I'll drive them with a Marsh P2000/A400 combo. If I opt for tubes, it'll be the Rogue Magnum 99/VTL MB125 combo.
Once properly burned-in, I'll do an in-depth comparison to the 901's...wait, wrong thread.
Hey,
Sorry to be a butt-in. But I think that the Marsh could be a really nice choice. You may also want to look at the Manley amps, - they have a great Synergy with Merlin. The Manley really takes command of the speaker.
"I'm not locked in here with you, You're locked in here with ME"
I also have a pair of TC60's here, though they're not mine. Still, it was very interesting to listen to them and compare. Other speakers I compared directly is the well-liked Totem The One Anniversary edition. What the owners of Magnepan 3.6's had to say really warmed my heart to say the least.
I've not heard the amps you own, but I did have the Rogue Metis pre, which I liked quite a bit. What I keep telling my friends (the few who have not heard them yet) is that here is a speaker that has ultimate resolution without sounding bright. I know I sound like a "speaker racer" but the truth is that I enjoy most good speakers for their varied approaches to the same goal.
A few weeks back one of the tubes on the Stingray popped and I had no spares. So for a short while I tried connecting the Emotiva XPA-3 and the UMC-1 processor. This is hardly a match anyone would ever suggest, yet the Merlins sounded terrific and suffered mainly in the soundstage department. They still out-imaged the Spicas!
Take your time dialing them in and experiment. Bobby (along with other Merlin owners) will have plenty of suggestions.
Rob
We Need a Bigger Boat
If you are half as pleased with the Marsh 400 on the Merlins as I am with them pushing my Dunlavy SC IVs then you will be just short of ecstatic.
Hey Jack,
Funny you mention the SC-IV's. The last time I looked into my music room the A400's were powering...yep, you guessed it, the DAL SC-IV's.
And I do agree that they do sound quite nice with the Marsh. I'm in the process of moving from a house into an apartment and not entirely sure I'd be able to make the SC-IV's work. I hope they do, as I really don't ever want to part with them.
But if the room won't allow for them, then they'll have to go. I do have their little sibling, the SC-I, also, which I really like. So those, I'm sure, would work well in a smaller room (not that my current music room is really big at all), but I've been so curious about the whole "Merlin" thing for a number of years now and just wanted to hear what all the fuss was about.
My plan is to have the largest bedroom as my music room, with more of a vintage type of system in the living room just for kicking back and listening to some tunes while doing stuff around the apartment. For that, I've got a Sansui 9090DB enroute, which will be driving either a pair of 901's or the Large Advents.
Wish me luck.
If you can find a pair of Dunlavy SC-IIs and a REL Stadium III -- or take your pick in the REL ST line -- you'll have a system that comes very close to matching the SC-IVs. I know this because I owned SC-IV/As. While I wish I had kept them, the SC-II/REL combination works similar magic and doesn't require as much space.
Very cool. Thank you for the information.
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