Speakers free of grain, glare and steel?

I haven't ruled out the Ohm Walsh 2000s, but now I'll have to wait and see how the Merlins work out.

Good luck, I hope you like them.

I just responded to your other thread. Your comments there were enlightening. To paraphrase my response to them, I'm just about 100% confident that you will love the Merlin's strengths - they seem to be right up your alley. As to the tonal balance thru the presence region and top end (i.e. "glare"), it will be very interesting to see how these line up with your stated needs. It's really room and system dependent and, in the end, very much a matter of personal taste.

Either way, you have IMO ordered a wonderful speaker with some great, great capabilities.

Marty

One thing I have observed with the TAD amps is that they seem to have a lot of zing and zest in the upper midrange and up into the higher frequencies, similar to what I have heard with what I would consider to be the better tube amps I have heard, like VAC for example, which are tube amps that I think more resemble good SS amps as well compared to some others.

The Triangle monitors tend to have these very revealing traits as well, but the TADs seem to bring it out more so than any prior amp I have used.

Many other more modestly priced tube amps I have heard are more "relaxed" or rounded and perhaps also less "detailed" in the upper frequencies.

LEt us know what you find once you get things set up. As I mentioned earlier, I suspect the results will be quite good indeed. It seems you have done a lot of good research into this so I suspect it should live up to expectations.

Pmboyd,

I have the TSM-mmi's and they are marvelous; sweet and musical. And they are about as balanced and flat top to bottom as you could ask for. Bobby P has great ears and makes a wonderful product. Good luck!