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Review: deHavilland Electric Amp UltraVerve JR Tube preamp
Jond,Thanks for your response. I'm glad your enjoying you system also. It is fun when it all comes together. Take care.Cheers 
Review: deHavilland Electric Amp UltraVerve JR Tube preamp
Hi Jond,Thanks. There must be something special about a well designed octal based pre. It's great to have a system I enjoy so much for my reference. I considered the Syrah. Even exchanged a few emails with Mick. I would like to hear it someday. It... 
AES/Cary DJH Preamp tube change
The NOS Sylvania GTA in my deHaviland UltraVerve sounds very good. Good luck.Cheers 
Single ended Power amp recommendation
Like Larryi I'll recomend an Art Audio amp, the Carissa. I'm running it with my speakers that are 98db efficient and have a 12" woofer with horn mid and tweeter. It's an 845 SET with 16 watts. There is an excellent review by John Potis on 6moons. ... 
Merlin speaker/cable combinations?
Hi BluebullFrom what I understand two highly recomended speaker/interconnect matches withe Merlins are Cardas Golden Reference and Audience Au24. Hope this helps.Cheers 
Meadowlark Ospreys II ? Low Feq. Response?
Hey Krell man, I know you didn't. I wanted to make sure people new the conditions the were auditioned under and the fact that I believe Meadowlark is an outstanding company. Also, I believe you cannot over state how important an audition with your... 
Meadowlark Ospreys II ? Low Feq. Response?
Dr Ken,They were 36" from the back of the speaker to the front wall. I had them as close as 12" at one time. According to the dealer they were well broken in. And I auditioned them for three weeks in my room. Again, in the dealer demo room they we... 
Meadowlark Ospreys II ? Low Feq. Response?
Hi Dr. Ken,I auditioned the Ospreys in my room (22x20x10.5) after hearing them at the dealers house. They sounded great in the dealers room. There was plenty of bass. The dealers room was approx. 30x15x7 speakers set up on the long wall. When I go... 
Low freq. from small drivers? Is it possible
Hey Tvad,You can find out about the Ultimate Monitor and the BOMB at this link on Positive Feedback.Cheershttp://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/audiomachina.htm 
Low freq. from small drivers? Is it possible
I heard amazing, deep, tuneful bass down to 30hz and then some from a 6.5" woofer in the Merlin VSM-MM. And this was in an approx. 8000 cu. ft room. They really did blow my misconceptions of what a small woofer could do in a well designed speaker.... 
best used 2 channel preamp for under $2500
You should also consider the deHavilland UltraVerve. It did wonders for my system. And retails for $2,495 new. Many great reviews to check out regarding it also. Good luck.Cheers 
Speaker upgrade itch Opinions 2500$used
Hi Geoff,I've been looking for speakers for many months now myself. I just auditioned the Merlin VSM-MM. I've listened to many nice speakers. But the Merlins were the first ones that I knew after the audition I was going to get. Soon I hope. They ...