Merrill VERITAS monoblock amplifiers

SO now after a month of listening(600+hrs), the VERITAS continue to sound better & better. They never fail to amaze me. The way they control my Apogee ribbon panel is incredible! Transients are so lighting fast to where I find myself jumping out of my seat! My Apogee's never sounded better, by a wide margin. The VERITAS also make it seem like I'm bi-amping. My Mark & Daniel Apollo speakers had the same effect. So much power on tap that is so clear & quiet, very additive!

The other day on background music(directv#855&856) there was a upright xylophone being played that stopped me in my tracks! So real sounding it was scary! Every tone coming out of complete blackness & moving perfectly left to right with every strike of the mallet. Un-frickin-real! I-LOVE-IT! Also New-Age music benefits so much from the quietness of the VERITAS! You have to hear it to understand what I mean. If anyone of you cool audionuts in Nor-Cal, stop by for a listen!

BTW- Merrill is sending me some of his cables(interconnects & speaker) to try out.

Much more later guys!

Ptheo, please post your thoughts on Merrill's interconnects and speaker cable after you get a chance to try them.

You bet Seadogs1! They will be here Monday.

Ptheo, have you had a chance to try the merrill interconnects and speaker cable yet?

Hey Seadogs1!

Now that I have had Merrill Audio ANAP cables(1M & 1.5M) in my system break in for a week, I sat down today to compare to my reference Tara labs the ‘TWO’. I have had the ‘ONE’ in 1/2M in my system as my reference, but since I have installed VERITAS monoblocks which are further away, all I have in 1M is the ‘TWO’.

So, to tell the truth I really love Tara Labs cables & expected it to be better. The ‘ONE’s’ have beaten every other cables I have tried. Until now.

I used my Burmester CD-03 as my reference cd for my comparison as it has a little bit of everything & is one of my better if not the best sounding cd’s I have(better be for $45 bucks!). I played it over & over enjoying it immensely with the ANAP cables thinking the difference won’t be very much & I wanted to be sure to hear the Tara Labs is better once I place it in the system. I was really being biased towards the Tara Labs & was not looking forward to telling Merrill I like the them cables better than his! Boy was I wrong.

Once I place the ‘TWO’ in my system, it was like a blanket over the music. So I wanted to be fair & let them ‘break in’ for a while playing. So I came back 4 hours later, no better/same thing. Not even close as clear/real sounding. I couldn’t believe it, my patent ‘rectangular’ copper Tara Labs where being smoked, no way. I could hear the midrange/treble was better on the ANAP cables, but I was starting to believe the ‘TWO’ bass was better. So I put the ANAP cables back in, not even close. Pitch, punch, decay, was better with the ANAP cables. So from the bass to the treble everything was better! Bravo Merrill!

I will be placing my two pairs of Tara Labs the ‘TWO’ 1M XLR I/C’s on Audiogon for sale.

Review of Merrill’s ANAP speaker cables will be coming soon!