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Harbeth Compact 7 or Merlin TSM

I am in the market to buy a pair of large bookshelf speakers. Instead of looking for a 'Hi-Fi' speaker that give you all of the descriptions that you will find in the audio review magazines or websites, I am looking for a pair of musical speakers that will get my 'emotion' involve when I listen to them. I have narrow down to 2 pair of speakers that I believed are capable of achieving that based on the owner reviews and experience I read.

So, I am looking for anybody have experiences with both of them and share some of your opinions with me.

Thanks,
Tuck

Tthean (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

03-29-12

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03-29-12 What is the equipment you will be using them with? Tpreaves

03-30-12 Mostly tube amps. i have a pp el34, se300b and se kt88. i ha ... Tthean

03-30-12 The 300b may have trouble driving the harbeths...its somethi ... Macd

03-30-12 Tthean, which version of the tsm? bobby Bobbyapalkovic

03-30-12 Macd, what version of the vsm did you own? earlier versions ... Bobbyapalkovic

03-30-12 The sonic characteristics of both are well docemented in the ... Mapman

03-30-12 Thanks everybody for your inputs. macd: one of my friends u ... Tthean

03-30-12: Lindisfarne
I agree with Palkovic. I owned an earlier version of TSM than the "mme" and it was clinical, analytical and "hifi"...all things I hate in a loudspeaker. Get the Harbeth...no contest. You'll never look back.
Lindisfarne (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

03-30-12 Bobby- i owned the vsm-m with a super bbam so it was an ol ... Macd

03-30-12 I think i would lean toward merlin with tube amps for more s ... Mapman

03-31-12 Reminds me of a "thiel or vandersteen" thread. i ... Pubul57

03-31-12 It should be obvious that there is no way to make everyone h ... Bobbyapalkovic

04-29-12 i absolutely do not agree that the merlin speakers are anal ... Robbob