Merrill VERITAS monoblock amplifiers

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!

Ptheo, very interesting... What's the price of Merrill's cables?

Please ignore my previous question, I found that they retail for $499 per pair up to 3 meters.

Bill-k- Yes, $499 up to 3 meters(!) interconnect or speaker cable is VERY resonable in today's insanely priced cable market.