Speaker Asylum: REVIEW: Merlin Music Inc. Master TSM MMM Black Magic Version. Speakers by vangstr

Model:	Master TSM MMM Black Magic Version.
Category:	Speakers
Suggested Retail Price:	$3530
Description:	Merlin TSM's newest version of bookshelf speakers.
Manufacturer URL:	Merlin Music Inc.
Model Picture:	View

Review by vangstr on January 03, 2014 at 13:01:39
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for the Master TSM MMM Black Magic Version.

Here it is folks, my assessment of my newly acquired monitors from Bobby.

The Good & The Great speakers!

The TSM MMM BME have averaged close to 300 hours emerging truthfully and sonically superior. I’ve not heard a more honest speaker such as these. When I listen to the music coming out of these monitors, my only thoughts are of memories, times and places of my life. Its funny how certain moments in life are summed up by various music/songs. That’s what happens when you have a good pair of speakers – you no longer listen to the equipment but drawn by the music. The speakers are so uncolored and true that it allows me to emotionally connect with simply the music and the artist.

I’ve put this monitor into ring fights against ‘the great speakers’ of Sonus Faber Auditor, Devore Fidelity 3XL and Joseph Audio Pulsar. The TSM MMM Black Magic KO’d them all. There are 2 truths at play here: One is that many people do not know what instruments sound like in real life – hence confirming their lack of knowledge to listening since they have been so used to artificial sweeteners (colored sounding speakers) in their daily life. Secondly, most audiophiles will simply abandon and blame the truthfulness of the TSM because it reveals too much of the users faulty upstream components.

Perhaps the TSM black magic edition may still not appease to everyone as their cup of tea…after all not everyone is a musician who can hear true tones, attacks, decays and pitches of music from live instruments. Otherwise all other speaker manufacturers would have folded years ago. But to those who accept nothing but the truth, I gladly applaud and announce the Merlin TSM MMM Black Magic. It is 'the good speaker'. After so many hours with this pair of TSM, the search is over. Yes Captain Kirk and the crew of the enterprise can come home now and begin a new voyage. The time now is to search out new music, different genres and perhaps make new memories with music as opposed to jumping on Agon or Ebay to rotate audio equipment. Time to get off the merry-go-round folks! And the new TSM is the ticket off that merry-go-round. Time to wake up from the Matrix and realize…the truth.

Please note that in my review of these newly acquired speakers of mine, I don’t talk about what the lows, mids or highs are doing. Why? Because everything the speakers do are musically correct! Who has time to dissect and regurgitate what others have stated already? Not me. Just listen to the music!

Good speakers will leave you hungry for more music because it has subconsciously touched you at an emotional level. That’s what the TSM do! Great speakers (those the TSM KO’d) will grab your attention for a few minutes and then kick you out of the room. Maybe subconsciously making you want to go do something else altogether. Great speakers will fuel that wicked cycle of going through dozens of pairs of speakers and equipment throughout your lifetime here on earth.

Where do I go from here? I’m not sure. I guess I’m done? Like the alcoholic audio trader who’s come out of Agon rehab (from constantly trading audio equipment for years), like the convict exiting the cells from a 20yrs sentence…what to do now??? The TSM MMM BME has been my ticket out from that wicked cycle of audio trading. For those that are willing to listen they are wise. Only the fool, will say otherwise and to them they still ride that merry-go-round madness constantly searching….fast asleep within the Matrix.

Product Weakness:	None.
Product Strengths:	Great imaging, transparency and the likes.

Associated Equipment for this Review:

Amplifier: Sophia Electric 126S
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): None
Sources (CDP/Turntable): Well Tempered Record Player
Speakers: Merlin TSM MMM BME
Cables/Interconnects: Grover Huffman ZX
Music Used (Genre/Selections): Jazz/Pop/Electronic
Room Size (LxWxH): 22 x 23 x 12
Room Comments/Treatments: ASI resonators & sugar cubes.
Time Period/Length of Audition: owner
Other (Power Conditioner etc.): Shunyata
Type of Audition/Review: Product Owner
Your System (if other than home audition): owner

Amplifier:	Sophia Electric 126S
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	None
Sources (CDP/Turntable):	Well Tempered Record Player
Speakers:	Merlin TSM MMM BME
Cables/Interconnects:	Grover Huffman ZX
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Jazz/Pop/Electronic
Room Size (LxWxH):	22 x 23 x 12
Room Comments/Treatments:	ASI resonators & sugar cubes.
Time Period/Length of Audition:	owner
Other (Power Conditioner etc.):	Shunyata
Type of Audition/Review:	Product Owner
Your System (if other than home audition):	owner