Who stay with Merlin longest time

A relative newcomer since Nov 2004,Bobby is the best guy to deal with and the speakers are very good in many places with many amps,cheers,B

I've owned Merlins off and on since 2001, so I have a decade of owning and listening intently to several variations of both the TSM and VSM. I've owned the VSM-MXe since 2007 and recently upgraded to the Master BAM and RCs. I have no intention to upgrade any further. I've tried other speakers during the past ten years but always came back to the Merlins. The list of contenders that I owned which were ultimately TKO'd by the Merlins included Gershman Avante Garde 20's, Sound Labs Dynastats, JM Reynaud Trente and Evolution 3's, Triangle Zays, Joseph Audio RM25II, and four models from Tyler Acoustics (Taylo, Linbrook Monitors, Ref 3 two-piece system, and Linbrook Signatures). The Merlins I've owned include the TSM-SE, TSM-M, VSM-SE, VSM-M, and now the VSM-MXe.

My VSMs date to 1998, but I had Merlin upgrade the pair in +/- 2006. I don't get in front of them as often as I once did, but IMHO, this is still a great speaker.

2002 MX to MXe to Master BAM, by the far the longest owned piece of equipment I have, and of course, the rest built around it.

Replaced Wilson Watt/Puppy with VSM-MX and BBAM around 2005 and have since installed many running DIY modifications to Merlin. The underlying design is sound. Piece parts substitutions and other mods to VSM/BBAM have always been rewarding.