maguire
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Project 86, You seem to have agreat taste in Music, to me at least anyway......Hey maybe we just must have gone to different schools together
After reading Maguire's review above it's sparked even more interest in me about the Merlins. I'm still looking for my first customs, with the Merlins currently at the top of my list, the JH16 a close second and the Miracle third. I'm looking for bass and a sound quality that's an improvement over the FX700, although it seems as no one has heard both. I've always been more of a fan of dynamic speaker's bass than BA bass and that's why the Merlins are currently sitting above the JH16 on my list, but I'm concerned that I'll be losing out on some detail and clarity with all this boom that the Merlins supposedly has. People who has heard the Miracles and Merlin stated that the Merlins have too much bass in some songs, leading me to believe that the bass of the Merlins may be too much. I'm not a big fan of analytical phones, and I like my music to have weight but nothing overly warm. I do like bass very very much, I've just never heard a custom before and simply cannot imagine what they sound like and if I were to get one, I'd want it to be a clear upgrade over my universals.Would the Merlins be the right customs for me?
The Merlins have great bass, but honestly it's nothing that was *too* boomy that it ruined the details.
I have heard the Merlins, the FX700 and the FX500. I am doing this from memory and not AB, but I'm pretty sure the FX500 hsa more bass than the other two, but just slightly over the FX700 in terms of boominess. The Merlins have a much more controlled, deeper kind of bass that doesn't boom over the details. I wouldn't worry about losing out on details.
Take note thought that I am a basshead and that my tolerance for bass is a lot higher than most people.
Would the Merlins have better isolation than the SM3's?
No. They have good isolation for a vented custom but it is still vented.
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The Merlin's have less isolation compared to SM3's because of the vent.
Removed the question mark and we have an answer!
phntmsmshr - would you say you have small, medium or large ears? I wonder if that makes a difference, because some of us are experiencing better isolation than others.