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SS amp for Merlin VSMs?

Is there anyone who has found an SS amp that they prefer to tube amps with their Merlins? I have most recently owned CAT JL2, Atma-spehre M-60, Music Reference RM9 Special Edition and RM10MKII, Quicksilver V4s, and the Ars Sonum integrated (In each and everyone sound terrific with the Merlins). For SS, I did try Pass XA30.5 and First Watt Aleph J, but did not prefer them to my tube amps (I now use Music Reference RM10s - summer; and the Atma-spehere M60s the rest of the year).

So, any great SS sucess stories with the Merlins up against the kind of tube gear I have owned? Or is that just a elusive chase?
pubul57
bobbyapalkovic
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s, i will say that personal tastes are a big factor in all of this. when you say the mids are warm describe this please? embodied, forward as opposed to drawn back and leaner?
this is going to be music dependant. what is your preference?
btw, i do not voice any of my speakers. i make them as linear and resolved as i can.
it sounds to me that you like a slightly reticent mid band that will be lightened up to a degree?
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tabl10s
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Is it the the Master Bam sounds identical in A/C and battery modes?
pubul57 OP
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And if you run it on A/C do you actually have to have batteries in the unit?
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tabl10s
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I meant to ask "Does" the Master Bam sound identical in a/c and battery modes"?
turboglo
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Tab, in my system, it's hard for me to discern an obvious difference between BAM a/c and battery mode. There is perhaps a bit more relaxed smoothness and realism in battery mode. But I have a good balanced power unit by Equi-tech and I think that brings a/c closer to battery.
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