dgarretson
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| All Merlin family members. Bobby told me that VSMs should ideally be 7.5' or more apart and at least 9.5' from the listening position. I have tried them in other positions and conclude that in my room, pinpoint imaging is still possible and embodiment is improved when the s... | |
| All Merlin family members. I recently relocated several equipment racks that had been in between and 1' behind my VSM-MXs, to remote locations away from the speakers. Now the opening between the speakers is 8' wide and about 3' deep to the front wall, with only the amp on t... | |
| Bypass caps LeClanche NOS oil/paper .016uf/600VAC (for a boost in high treble energy) and .63uf/325VAC (for midtreble bloom), provided you have the room for caps about the size of an audio cassette. From Reference Audio Mods. I'm using them on power to the DA... | |
| Masrantz Sa-11S1 /w RAM Full upgrade? I have a battery powered SCD-1 modeled on the RAM upgrades,plus some of my own mods, and have compared this head-to-head with a stock SA-1. The modded SCD-1 beats a stock SA-1 hands down my any measure.Dave | |
| Sony SCD-1 vs Marantz SA11s1 Sony SCD-1 is better a platform for mods such as RAM, VSEI, taking it to much higher level than either stock unit. Stock SA11s1 probably sounds better than stock SCD-1.Dave | |
| Tube Question--Slight Ringing coming from one side Persistent ringing is more common in small preamp & amp input tubes than in large power tubes. Flicking your fingernail (even somewhat sharply) against the tube, will usually reveal the culprit and eliminate the ringing for awhile. The jugglin... | |
| Looking For High Quality Drum Music. Ginger Baker Trio: for drumming emphasis, particularly "Middle Passage", and for great jazz with Bill Frisell, "Going Back Home", and with James Carter, "Coward of the County." | |
| Looking For High Quality Drum Music. Charles Lloyd just released "Sangam" with Zakir Hussain. | |
| Merlin owners, AC or battery for BAM? Sns,The VSM-MX's I bought used were about 2 years old & came with the standard BBAM (pre-SuperBAM). The batteries were giving out after about 4-6 hrs of use in battery-only mode (vs. advertised 12 hrs.) After taking the BBAM apart, I determine... | |
| Merlin owners, AC or battery for BAM? Did you buy them new or used? If used, how many hours of play time do you have in battery-only mode before the BBAM loses power? Your problem may be weak batteries. | |
| Review: REL Acoustics Britannia B-1 Subwoofer Very nice balanced review. I read that REL's direction under Sumiko is for future products to include digital software-based EQ & xover features similar to the Velodyne DD series. Also, Velodyne has recently unbundled its microphone, spectrum ... | |
| Reimer v. Revel subwoofer Sgr,As a satisfied owner of a Velodyne DD-15 with a top-notch 2 CH system, I prefer to listen to my own ears rather than to heresay. Or perhaps to follow this month's Stereophile Recommended Components list: the Velodyne DD-18, the Revel Sub 30, a... | |
| 2-channel listening with a sub-woofer I recently added a Velodyne DD-15 to my Merlin VSM-MX 2-CH system. First I spoke with Kurt at Vel's Phoenix support, who is quite helpful. He said that the larger 15" & 18" models are faster and cleaner than the 10" & 12" models due to the... | |
| Reimer v. Revel subwoofer Can't help you with this comparison, but I am using VSM-MX with a Velodyne DD-15. The digital interface and ease-of-setup with the DD-15 is remarkable. With the BBAM you need to use line-level inputs to the sub. The crossover is centered at 30hz w... | |
| IC and speaker cable for merlin I know Bobby doesn't like silver, but I am having great results with VSM-MXs and Audio Consulting silver-wire ICs and speaker cable using natural cotton sleeves. These wires beat out hi-end MIT Oracle and Audioquest Diamond cables in my system, pa... |