Appreciate the information as so far you are the only one to respond to the thread I will do a thorough in depth research on the UM Merlin as I haven't heard of them yet! Thanks Fadem.

After further research and reading Ive come down to narrowing my options more again this is what it looks like; -Lear LCM bd4.2 -Hier 8.a or Hidition nt-6   my final decision will be coming soon.

Really no one? Shameless bumb.

Hello all this is my first time posting and joining this wonderful community(Sorry for wall of text). Ill start off by saying I don't own very much audio gear due to living arrangements but have been a long time audiophile ever since I can remember. Quality is very important to me as I would...