Listening Sessions Sanders ESL, VERITAS Monoblocks

What a great meeting! Merrill's dedicated listening room is really special. There is a palpability to the music, especially vocals, that I have rarely heard. In retrospect, I think I would have preferred the volume to be a little lower, but that is not because the system sounded stressed. It did not. Merrill's amps don't editorialize; they just let the music through. The Sanders Sound 'stats were wonderful, clean and pure, although I have heard better bass reproduction. But the range covered by the panels was super-revealing, with lots of air and a well defined positioning of the performers. The Gallo 3.5s driven by the Merrill stereo amp upstairs acquited themselves quite well also. Completely dissappeared into the soundstage, even with a modest front end. When the Vega DAC was added by Dave from the Audio Doctor, the improvement was dramatic.

Thanks. The music was starting to play too loud and was turned down on a well intended comment. The room was being overloaded a bit.

Gallo speaker wire, as recommended by Anthony Gallo, was 5 wire bell wire - $18 for 50ft! We tested that against a $1k speaker wire and on the Gallos, the bell wire was much better. That is what was heard on the Gallo/VERITAS/Vega system.

Glad to hear the meeting was very well enjoyed.

WOW, what a turn out. Well, as my fellow club members said above that will always bring people to attend. There were members there that rarely attend.

Well anyone who has in interest in either the meeting or the club, Metro NJ/NYC area, here is the link.

https://www.njaudiosociety.com/index.php