Merlin Master Bam Alert

I'm going to be sending Golden Reference speaker cables to Cardas next week for the cold-forge upgrade. Will report on my findings.

Excellent:)

I started a separate thread on the subject so as not to hijack a Merlin specific thread.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1301063837&openmine&zzPubul57&4&5#Pubul57

Was listening to Gillian Welch tonight, and it dawned on me
how damn good these speakers are, then I noticed that the
VSMs were "removed" from the the Stereophile
Recommend List, probably not listened to recently or some
such idiocy or other nonsense. I really lost a lot of
respect and interest in the list, though I'm sure it is of
interest to novices. For one of the finest speakers in the
world not be on the list does a lot more damage to the
credibility and usefulness of the list than it can ever do
to the speaker. It is simply ridiculous to
"remove" a speaker that has been on there for so
long, that has only gotten better, unless they are reviewing
the new iteration to place it where it properly belongs next
to a whole bunch of other speakers that cannot hold a candle
to it. If this is the sort of activity that leads a
manufacturer to come out with version 3.1 to get reviewed or
"reconsidered" by the press, then it speaks badly of the
press that is suppose to be serving the interest of the
audiophile looking for the best gear.

paul, don't let it get you down. the vsm was in class a for 7 years. i think they leave a product on it for 3 years. the vsm m was placed in class a in 2004 and then in 2007, the vsm mx. they kindly extended the mxe version there for a while too. they have been more than fair. i spoke to john about reviewing the vsm mx-r with masters but never heard any more on the topic.
i think i would rather have the master vsm reviewed anyway.
have a great weekend.
bobby