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Are Merlins too much?

I have a smallish room, but I hope I'm not stuck in here forever. The room is about 10 x 12, or maybe 10 x 14 at the most. My system is a Nakamichi OMS 7A II, Audio Institute integrated tube pre-amp and Canton speakers. The interconnect is Purist Opis and the speaker cable is the Paul Speltz junk. I would not use it with the new speakers.

Are the Merlin VSM-Mx speakers too much for my system or my room? Will they over power the room or will they be too revealing of my less than great Nakamichi and/or Audio Institute?
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martykl
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I briefly used my VSM SEs in a similarly sized room. Backed up within 2 feet of the wall, the tonal balance actually improved - and quite significantly. The trade off was some loss of pitch definition in the bass and deterioration of the otherwise world class imaging. I don't know the MX, but I doubt it would overload the room. But if you do find the bass too prominent, simply pull the BAM from the loop. When you move the speakers to bigger digs - move them out into the room, reconnect the BAM and enjoy.

Marty
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