what subs for merlin vsm-mx

Hi David; Sold the speakers I bought from you and got the Wilson Sophias. What I can't understand is how both speakers,on paper, would appear to go down to about the same figure + or _ a few hrtz. I gave all kinds of thought to picking up a sub while I owned the speakers. They certianly have their charm. They image like nothing I've ever owned. Their upper mid/treble is in that same league. I feel they just leave out so much energy at the low/mid .-- Small wonder;they give up so much in cabinet volume and driver size;--Compared to say the Sophia and the Montana EPS I used to own. To me this is all fun; and finding out what floats my boat. As you know I live in an apt. so 16hrtz organ notes aren't my cup of tea---Just what musical information in the normal range is there. It actually ended badly with Bobby. He just about demanded I remove my ad--the day the speakers sold.--3 emails later,I gave in.--I feel the new owner should be able to look back at my ad to see if I made any unfounded claim etc.

Lanzahome,

Punctuation would help quite a bit. Kinda got a headache reading your response.

I had TSM-MXs for a while and they really need a warm, musical tube amp. Joule Electra would work nice but, damn, are they expensive. I bet Quicksilver V4s would sound good as would the Dehavilland stuff which can be had used for a decent price. In going the "Merlin route" I ended up with a Joule Electra LA150 II and Cardas Golden Ref wires. All are keepers and I use a Plinius 50wt SS amp with Harbeths. Am happy camper now. However, it took some getting used to a SS amp after nearly 20 years of only tubes.

i asked you to remove the ad after you had marked the speakers sold.
i sent you a few messages that you completely ignored.
i also offered to upgrade your bam to a super bam for you with no reply.
and why don't you describe what the listening room was like, you did for me when i e-mailed to ask why you were selling.
i never crossed the line of being a gentleman.
i never do.
b

Audfile74
I don't have Merlins (I have Selah Incredarray line arrays) but have used the VBT Magellan VIII (~same as TBI) and also use a Tact 2.2x.

The VBTs are really tuneful, agile and quick and blend easily and well with everything I've paired them with. Their only weakness is they don't move a lot of air compared to subs with larger drivers. If your room isn't too big and you mostly listen to jazz, chamber, etc. they may be the best choice around (though I'm not sure a ML 33H is necessary to drive them).

I wanted more 'oomph' in my 24x16x10 room, and I decided to cross the subs higher than my VBTs were comfortable with (though there's a newer version that goes higher in Hz) so I ended up with a pair of RBH 1010s that fit the bill nicely, giving up just a touch in speed and articulation but compensating nicely in air and power.

But I'm now going for broke to try to get the best of both worlds and am assembling a quartet of Linkwitz Dipole woofer cabinets using four 12" Peerless 830500s per side--see bottom of page here if interested:
http://www.linkwitzlab.com/woofer3.htm

I've heard these at a friend's and was really impressed. I used to have Genesis speakers with dipole subs and I really like the way dipoles load the room. Never had as good a bass again--until I got the Tact, which does an amazing job with the bass. Most people don't realize the extent to which the ragged bass humps and dips the room is generating can mess up the sound (esp the mids).

Good luck and let us know what you end up with.