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Plinius Amps mated with Merlin VSM-Ms?

Has anybody matched up or heard Merlin VSM-M speakers with a Plinius amp such as the SA-102? Unfortuantely, financial reasons and "ease of use" may sway me to give up my wonderful Joule OTL monoblocks. I will keep tubes upstream, in my deHavilland UltraVerve preamp and Modwright Sony 999ES.

Thanks!
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pubul57
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The satndard recommedations are Ayre, Plinius, and Belles. The 150A Reference is the one that would interest me.
pubul57
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My mistake. Bobby has not mentioned the Ayres. Sorry.
pubul57
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Hi Berony, I did speak with Bobby recently about some SS options and he did mention the Ayre, the autoformer versions of McIntosh, and the BEL 1001. One of the nice things about that Joule preamp is that it is perfectly happy driving the typically lower input impedances of SS, I think his OTLs are 20Kohms themselves. I agree with you regarding the Ars Sonum integrated, I suspect that 90% of the time it is all you need when paired with the Merlins.
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