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amps for Merlin VSM-MXE

Hi guys,

Soon to be selling my anniversary Yamaha NSX-10000 and taking delivery of brand new Merlin MXE speakers.

Bobby tells me these new speakers are much friendlier to solid state designs...anyone using the MXE's yet and how do they fare?

I used to own the vsm-mm model with a modded Berning otl...both are now sold!

I also found that the little Leben CS-300X worked alarmingly well...enough to convince me that i could sell the Berning, use the Leben and save a bit of cash for the MXE's!

It seems that the market is choc full of very high quality amps at the moment! I was wondering about the red wine sig 30 myself.

Richard
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pubul57
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A used CAT JL2.
pubul57
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I have not heard the Dartzeel, but those that owned them certainly seem to like them - no doubt it is a good amplifier. I will say that the CAT JL2 is neither rolled off or syrupy - it is full spectrum and fast. I think the Merlins are intended to match best with tubes and will almost always (always?)sound better with great tube amps than great SS amps, it is the way they are voiced and to some extent a result of their highly damped bass which works best with the relatively low damping of the bass that tubes provide.
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