The interesting thing is that I came from a set of Magenpan 1.6, fed by a Odyssey/Rogue combo. The Maggies were a lot of fun, but the size was an issue. A friend suggested that I "upgrade" to the little Merlins. "UPGRADE?!" I said, "Are you kidding? The Magnepans are not about to be bested by some small monitor, even if it is highly regarded. But he had a set of Totem The One which had been demoted in favor of TSM-MMe and he felt the Merlins were a top design. I still doubted that they would be better than my Maggies.
Boy, was I wrong!
A side note: like most high end speakers, you need a good amount of time with the Merlins to really appreciate what they do so well. It doesn't hurt that they are beautiful to look at if you pop for the special finish.
Rob