I need some advice on speakers..

To clarify.
If you get bright sound out a Super Eclipse,its the source that is bright not the speaker.I have a 4 year old Nak cd player which on my Coincidents with certin source material can be bright.When I play the LP of the same music its not anywhere near bright.It tell's me my Cd player is bright.
The Coincident line will expose your week links.
With the right source and proper cabling the Coincident line is not bright.
They will expose bad sources.
Yes I need a better Source.Looking for the right DAC to mate with it.
Anysuggestion's.The NAk has a Digital out.

Ljgj,

I called Gershman and talked to a lady that didn't inspire much confidence. I'm noticing that all the new speakers are using ring radiator tweeters i.e. Krell, Audio Physic, Sonus Faber Cremona, and others. I've been told that the midrange is the most important but others place much emphasis on the tweeter. What equipment are these dealers you support using with the AV's? Whats your friend using with the Super Eclipse?

Rhyno,

I'm getting conflicting reports on the Merlin VSM. I've heard from several people that they are overly bright. And looking at the Merlin pictures, it seems many positive reviews are from people who are older. I haven't ruled these out but I want nothing to do with a bright speaker. If I'm not mistaken you said at the Asylum the VR-5's were pretty nice and would benefit from further evaluation. It's hard to understand how now they are much better????

Natalie,

I would like to hear these speakers the frequency response and the efficiency are excellent IMO. Nice web site and they seem very serious about there design. Design appears simular to the new Audio Physic Virgo III which is the front runner at this point based on my equipment and suggestions from others in the industry.

As for the VMPS I may be missing the boat but I'm a little worried about the ribbons. I'm moving from a Martin Logan and I have my mind somewhat set on getting regular speakers this time that I can live with the look and the sound longer than the WOW months.

Thanks to all!

I'll put in a vote for the Virgos...I'm biased as I use the Avanti III. I like the way these guys make speakers and I like the way they sound when you get them together with the right gear and set-up properly....a very enjoyable musical experience from a relatively small speaker.

My friend uses a Electrocompaniet 120 on the Super Eclipse. I use and change out a EAR 534 tube amp (50wpc) and a McIntosh 6900 integrated (200wpc). Both do a great job of bringing the RX 20's to a full bloom. My CD source is a Krell 30i CD player. I also use a VPI Aries turntable in this setup.

I don't know your price point, but I have a similarly sized room and had a pair of Piega P-10's which fit comfortably and unobtrusively, and sonically are one of the best I've heard in their price range and higher.