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come on bob...

this has nothing to do with having your hearing corrected but being more balanced and fair. it is true that your original statement didn't make any specific leading comment. but when you consider what you have said in the past and that your leading statement was made directly after audiohobbies' incorrect assumptions based on near field on axis measurements and that he had not ever heard the speakers, you cannot blame jb for bringing it up. the fact is that all merlin speakers were designed with their power response and if used the way they were designed to be used, the top end actually rolls off. again, look at figure 9 of the vsm m review in stereophile. secondly, to assume that all merlins have the same sound, is incorrect. the early versions were designed to be used with softer sounding se triodes and every model from the m to mm/mx and now the mme/mxe sound way more right and bold, even now, with ss. so, to assume a merlin is a merlin is the same thing as saying all chevs are chevs. big difference between a cavalier and a corvette. the last comment about the auditioning older versions could also be made to a few others in this string.
to get a really good indication of what the newer speakers sound like, look at the top of this string at maxwellp's comments of the tsm mme. this man clearly has listened to them and gets it!
bob, you may still not like the newer models but at least give them a chance. take your cat too, he won't run away. my speakers do not chase my cairn terrier out, he actually comes into the room when music is playing.
best regards,
b

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