Merlin TSM comparisons

m, room volume/size, wires and electronics?
then i will recommend one.
one is better suited to all out tube systems and the other to ss and leaner tubes.
the mmi to leaner tubes/ss and the mx-r to all out tube systems. both are available with the master rc's as an option.
best,
b

Bobby,

My gear is all listed in my system.

Current amp is Bel Canto ref1000m mono blocks.

Rooms where I commonly use monitors to best effect are 12X12. One has typical 7-8 foot high drywall ceiling and the other (sun room) where I use monitors most often has Cathedral ceiling, windows on three sides and tile floors with large heavy oriental rug. The Dynaudio monitors are pictures there currently in my system though I have used both Triangle and Dynaudio in there to good effect.

Guppy, can you elaborate on how the Merlins bested the Cometes?

Thanks!

Mapman, I think they bested the Cometes, a speaker that I feel is an excellent high value monitor, very clearly in just about every area. They are much more transparent, have much greater tonal accuracy, a bigger and more natural sound stage and better imaging, much better bass and I am not talking about quantity here, but the Merlins have tighter and better detailed and much more satisfying bass. I felt the bottom end was not as natural with the Cometes with a little void in that area, but I have that feeling in most monitors with them either having a sluggish midbass emphasis or just a not sufficient bottom end. The Merlins are much more balanced than the Triangles having superior performance from top to bottom without emphasis on any particular area, the music just flows and they disappear much more than the Cometes or just about any monitor I am familar with. That is just off the top of my head.

I would LOVE to put the TSM's up against the Magico Minis!

Rob