After RMAF Show, I spoke to Bobby @Merlin regarding upgrading my RC Networks and BAM to include the Duelund caps. The following are my listening impressions of the new Master RC Networks and Master BAM after 200 hours of break-in time.
See here for a link to my Rig: http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=systems&n=1912&highlight=joneill&r=
See here for my Rives Room: http://gallery.me.com/joneill1155
The sound is significantly more transparent with greater clarity and immediacy. Bass definition and body have greater authority. The midrange is well focused and reveals all of the textures and detail the source can provide. Dense, palpable images appear from an expanded, deeper, wider, inky black soundstage and have become more rounded and three-dimensional. Micro and macro detail are conveyed in a realistic manner with no etching or exaggeration. Absent is any artificial electronic artifice that makes one think their system is doing one thing or another better. The music flows effortlessly. My Rig has never sounded this relaxed and realistic.
All in all, a most impressive upgrade from the folks at Merlin.
I have no connection to Merlin Music Systems (just their customer) and have not received or will receive any compensation for this or any other posting.
See here for a link to my Rig: http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=systems&n=1912&highlight=joneill&r=
See here for my Rives Room: http://gallery.me.com/joneill1155
The sound is significantly more transparent with greater clarity and immediacy. Bass definition and body have greater authority. The midrange is well focused and reveals all of the textures and detail the source can provide. Dense, palpable images appear from an expanded, deeper, wider, inky black soundstage and have become more rounded and three-dimensional. Micro and macro detail are conveyed in a realistic manner with no etching or exaggeration. Absent is any artificial electronic artifice that makes one think their system is doing one thing or another better. The music flows effortlessly. My Rig has never sounded this relaxed and realistic.
All in all, a most impressive upgrade from the folks at Merlin.
I have no connection to Merlin Music Systems (just their customer) and have not received or will receive any compensation for this or any other posting.