Dunlavy SC IV or Merlin VSM M

rrog, what does it feel like to shoot yourself in the foot?
does it hurt?

"I'm not sure what is so genius about a simple 2 way speaker costing more than $13,000."

how is the op ever going to get an "objective opinion" from you when you feel this way? the op clearly mentioned that the footprint of the d was too large and they were out of business and that is why he bought the merlins. he said he enjoyed my input but it was not my input that made him purchase the vsms.

at least with me you can either take what i say or leave it. but when a supposed comsumer comes loaded with a hidden agenda, who is to know.

have you ever heard the master vsm? you haven't even got the slightest idea of why i have worked on it for the last 20 years do you?

there are one ways and two ways that sell for over double the master vsm's cost. pick on them as well.

and some of the simplest (as you call it) things on this planet are the most difficult to engineer. but when finished they are stellar performers because of their lack of complication.

bobby

Okay, there's the 'I'm Bobby Palkovic and you're not' tone. This thread is officially over.

Bobby said:

some of the simplest (as you call it) things on this planet are the most difficult to engineer. but when finished they are stellar performers because of their lack of complication.

which is very much in the same vein as a quotation attributed to Einstein from a lecture ca. 1933:

"It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience." or as it is often paraphrased:
"make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler"

A similar thought is found in a quote often attributed to Mark Twain:

"I'm sorry that this letter is so long but I didn't have time to write a shorter one."

but which apparently was first recorded as from Pascal ca 1630; translated into english as:

"I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter."

Time to give it a rest, rrog. The Merlins are very good products and many of us here really like the fact that we can get feedback from designers and manufacturers. As others have noted, there is clearly no "hidden" agenda when they post and w the expanding prevalence of the direct to consumer model, it's a very valuable source of information. FWIW, I own a pair but they have been supplanted in my main rig. The Merlins replaced the more complicated Vandy 3A sigs, and were in turn replaced by higher eff "cross-overless" speakers that are even simpler (and more expensive) than the Merlins. YMMV.

Bobby, As far as I am concerned I did not shoot myself in the foot and there is no reason for you to get cocky just because you have a couple of supporters. As long as you use these forums to advertise your speakers I will complain about it. BTW I asked if you advertise on this site as a commercial user, but you never answered. I guess that means you only use the forum.

Believe me when I say there is no hidden agenda here regarding your product. My only gripe is manufacturers and dealers abusing this forum. Hopefully you will recommend your speakers to another poster so we can relive this thread.

B limo, Be careful what you wish for. Do you really want every manufacturer chiming in whenever their product is mentioned. If you have questions you can call or email any manufacturer for information. Only a fool would believe a person that tells you how great they are or how terrific their product is.