Zu Definition 1.5 vs Merlin VSM-MXe

>My room is 15 x 15ft with high ceilings. It may well be that we buy another home soon however<

Tough room. Buying a new house might be your best bet.

Oz

patrick,
you really should consider a diagonal set up, it will work extremely well and surprize you in that room. any conventional set up in your room will be problematic. i have used one at many shows with superb results.
even the vsm mme or mxe will over power that room easily.
you have just over 2000 feet in volume.
regards,
bobby at merlin

listen up the new Se Odyssey lorilei is superb and in some ways better than the Merlins especially in the Bass -even with the Bam, the merlin may be a hair better in resolution only, and at $2995 in Se form keep the 5k+
in your pocket, 6 moons did a review of these with a $2000
amp preamp combination and was very respectable
this is before any upgrades. or with top notch equipment
on even ground be ready to be floored ,these are a lilttle fuller sounding actually more natural sounding ,check em out ,I would say these are one of the best buys of all
time ,this same speaker was sold by Symposium for over $ 7k
only a few years ago !