Merlin Master Bam Alert

Thuah98, you're kidding right? My payment was over two full months before yours and I'm still waiting so get in line :-)

My secret is to pay and try to forget about it, not easy and rarely works but in my experience the wait is usually worth it.

Cheers.

Yikes, I was just being a smart alec and not intending to stir anything up.

Thuan98, even if more staff resulted in some things being turned around quicker, (not the situation here as explained by Bobby), I believe it would impact cost and I know it would impact the level of access we have to Bobby which I would definitely put above getting my hands on something a little quicker.

At the end of the day, all this equipment we spend so much time obsessing over are all just expensive toys and if the worst thing we have to worry about is waiting a little longer than we might like for our toys, life ain't that bad. And when I think about it that way, any wait I may have is a little easier :-)

Cheers!

Just to be clear as well, I certainly wasn't complaining about the wait at all, just having fun giving another Merlin owner a hard time telling him to wait his turn :-) I shoot Bobby an email every so often to follow-up but it's not a huge deal by any means.

I too wonder about solid state. I have a Fila and it's great. It's more that I'd like to try something a little cooler for the summer I suppose. I've mentioned Luxman before and would love to hear about that pairing. There is a recent review with Merlin and a class A Luxman integrated that was glowing, (the review not the amp), but I think that class A solid state wouldn't do much to provide a cool summer alternative. I guess one of the Luxman AB integrateds is what I'm most curious about.... Anyone?

It's funny, I dumped my VPI turntable for the very reason that I felt it was designed obsolescence. After all, platters were acrylic then combination of metal and acrylic, then all metal. There were other things that bugged me about that approach, not just the platters.

At the start I liked it, (options to upgrade at a reduced cost), but eventually it felt like, (and I know it's a personal thing so please don't turn this into a VPI thread as it's just my own personal opinion), it was going in a big loop and designed to just keep you moving through products and spending money.

I've not felt that way with the Merlin speakers. I get what that dealer is implying but I just don't see it here. The improvements are real, and I don't think that it would have been reasonable to expect them all at once. If that were the case nothing would ever be released as we'd all be waiting for it to be "done" before it was available.

Just my two cents.

PS: Now when will the damned sub be ready! :-)

Bobby, I don't profess to understand the specifics around making a speaker that's easy to drive, (I mean I know what implies easy to drive but not how you manufacture one that's easy to drive). That being said, is that something you factor into the design of a speaker or is it just a happy coincidence and do you expect new speaker to be as easy to drive as the current models?

or is that getting too detailed and/or too soon to tell?