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RE: No comparison?

"First of all, this is a follow up to a previous full review in which he most certainly compared the sound to other products and used musical references." I commented on the review you specifically referenced in your last post, so try keeping apples to apples

"Begin by reading at page 1 before you jump to page 8."
I have read both reviews several times over the years - you however made the crazy leap in logic that because he mentioned other speakers at the beginning of the followup (you know, the one you referenced) he was comparing their sound quality (he did not)

"Within the follow up, however, he pointed out that the Merlin uses a variation of the same ScanSpeak 854506 woofer used by the Wilson WATT. Later, he points out that the Dynaudio Esotar D330A tweeter is also used in the Rockport Antares. Then he observes that the Merlin faces "serious competition" to the Vandersteen Quatro." Yes that is certainly riveting information, particularly since he specifically wrote that the tweeter is implemented differently in the Merlin, and the woofer is another variation. What do you discern from those facts in terms of comparing the sound of those various speakers? Yeah same here - very little. Yep the Quatro is a well reviewed speaker - but again no comparison was written between the two speakers. Again, "mentioning" something is not the same as "comparing" something.

I only joined this thread because you (and others) disparaged a well meaning reviewer/contributor - not to suffer through someone's dialectical breakdown, so I'm off to listen to my wonderful, magical Merlin VSM-MXes and will leave you to your own devices.

DKL

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