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In Reply to: RE: Merlin posted by pc123v on April 7, 2014 at 09:02:30:
No, I wouldn't agree with that. It's true that you need to stay away from overly harsh sounding equipment because the results can be irritating. But I sometimes use a 40 Watt solid state NAD receiver (7240PE, receiver version of 3240PE integrated c. 1988, about $100 to $200 on eBay) when my fancy 120 Watt tube monoblocks are being upgraded or repaired, and every time I plug it in I'm tickled with how nice the system sounds. If anything Bobby has tried to get me to hold back from buying upstream components costing thousands of dollars each. But when I do, I can always hear the difference.Moderately powered tube amps that would sound very good to excellent with the Merlins include the Music Reference RM10 MkII (~25 wpc Class A, about $2400), which I own, and the Atma-Sphere S-30, a 30 Watt OTL that is more expensive than the Music Reference.
It's also important to find speaker cables that bring out the best in the Merlins. You need something that's well balanced, of course, with particular attention to not losing the bass as some of the more so-called "tranparent" or "resolving" cables may tend to do.
Toughest thing for me was a preamp. I tried Joule Electra and found it too "romantic" or colored. After trying a few others, I ended up with a homemade preamp designed by a friend of mine.
Hope this isn't too late to be helpful!
- If you get confused, listen to the music play (Garcia/Hunter)
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