Merlin VSM or Revel Performa F52

So I take it I have one vote in Merlin's favor. Any others?

Bobby:

The wire is chinese-made, high purity, very fine stranded copper 12AWG. Now, given that all copper is equal - given to us billions of years ago by some supernova explosion - I will stick with what I have, and discard any claims lik e "long-crystal copper" etc. as snake-oil.

The only place where there is an difference, is when you are using low inductance, high capacitance wires. In that specific case, you will have to lower your typical 10K Zobel resistor, as outlined by the Goertz MI-2 example at http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/interconnects/speakercable2p2.php

Given your reputation and legendary dedication to customers, I will call you in the near future to discuss details.

Alright, by popular vote (7-0), Merlin it is. I can only imagine how those SACD's will sound on a 5 speakers Merlin system.

Maybe I will even switch to copper foil speaker cable, like Goertz MI-2. The foil trick dramatically lowers the cable impedance at the expense of capacitance.

Many say that with these kind of cables your ears don't need break-in anymore. However, the Zobel network at the speaker end has to be adjusted accordingly. Apparently Goertz's free Zobel network uses two 5.1 ohm resistors in series with a 0.1uF capacitor, which is not correct.