Merlin TSM comparisons

I am a fan of monitors in smaller rooms.

I have heard some like Dynaudio and Totem that can also sound very convincing in a larger room, but in general I would go with a larger speaker, monitor or otherwise, in a larger room or else add a sub.

Also I should note that I find thinness with good moniters relative to larger designs generally only becomes an issue for me when volume goes up. At low to moderate volumes, in adequately sized rooms, most any monitor I would call good does fine.

I agree with you Robbob about the great sound the Merlin TSM's deliver, I own TSM-MXE's, and a person who hasn't owned or spent a good amount of time with Merlin speakers viewing the comments of their owners as possessing a cult-like devotion to Merlin speakers. It is not a cult, but the appreciation of a terrific product that gives them a great deal of enjoyment. There are some who always have to criticize because a product is praised by many and so many seem very happy with their purchase. It is fine if someone tries a product and finds it is not for him or her or prefers another product,no speaker is for everyone, but I feel some people are just contrarians. I appreciate the Merlins because they enhance my enjoyment of one of life's great pleasures-music.

If you look at the reviews, by owners of Merlin speakers, at audioreview.com, I would say it is a pretty large cult:) Bobby is either a great designer, or a great hypnotist - looking for another speaker just never crosses my mind at this point and I have heard an awful lot of speakers in my life.

Nothing says more about a product usually than an avid following over the long term!

Hopefully I get to hear a pair of Merlins someday.

"it is an hf filter at 1.6 mghz for filtering rfi and emi. imo a must in a city environment"

Bobby, I have heard differences in sound resulting from shielding low level signals like that in an MC phono stage from EMI produced by nearby amps, transformers, etc.

Can you explain why this is a relevant feature for a speaker? How intense must these fields be to have an audible effect on teh speaker circuitry?

Also, why is this filtering bundled into the same add on circuitry as the circuitry in the option for better performance with some amps? These would seem to be two different problems that might not always occur together.