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ah, i am sorry that you got offended but

Posted by Bobby Palkovic (M) on May 4, 2007 at 05:42:59

In Reply to: Re: come on bobby... posted by theaudiohobby on May 3, 2007 at 19:28:05:

that is not all he said. here is all of it.
"The Dynaudio Esotar D330A, which is also used in the Rockport Antares, is one of my favorite tweeters. As implemented in the Merlin, it offered airy, ultradetailed, grain-free high frequencies and electrostatic-like resolution. Like the VSM Millennium, the VSM-MX's low-level resolution and microdynamic presentation were positively mesmerizing, resulting in "cascading reverberant trail-offs extend[ing] into seemingly impossible depths of time and space, exposing new layers of ultra-low detail from even the most familiar recordings," as I wrote in the original review.

"Despite its awesome resolution of detail, the VSM-MX never sounded mechanical or fatiguing."

and in the original review of the millennium he said, "But what drew me into the VSM first was the smooth, airy, graceful top end, delicate yet detailed. It sounded luxurious without being syrupy or unctuous."
"In terms of overall frequency balance, I found the VSM to be just about ideal. I'll bet John Atkinson's measurements will show the very top end to be slightly rolled off at the recommended 10 degrees off-axis firing line, and perhaps flatter directly on-axis."

i have spoken to michael fremmer and he never told me they were bright or implied they were bright either. that is your interpretation of what he wrote and that is fair, i suppose. but as i have said a few times in this string, the speakers were not designed to be listened to near field on axis but 10 degress off directly on axis, far field. soft domes do not disperse energy axially as well as harder domes. so in this case, the tweeter was designed hotter on axis to provide greater axial dispersion. the last thing you want to do imho, is to listen to it on axis. if you look at the power response of the speaker which is a combination of on and off axis measurements, the top end actually rolls off. this is evident in figure 9 of the vsm m review. then we select the smoothest most continuous response to listen to. that is toed out, 10 degrees off directly on axis. i suppose if you had the opportunity to hear the speaker properly set up, you would not feel as you do. and the definition michael speaks of comes from the crossover disign and the components used in the networks and not a rising response.
sorry if i offended you, nothing intended. but i have worked very, very hard to make the speakers as continuous and complete sounding as possible and having a rising top end goes against everything i have worked so hard to do.
sorry foor all this but it needed to be said.
have a nice weekend.
bobby at merlin

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