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Excerpts From Issue 11 (February/march 2004)

                                                               POSITIVE FEEDBACK ONLINE - ISSUE 11

2004 CES "blur" of a show... Part 1 of many to come!
by Dave and Carol Clark

The Merlin room with the newest version of the VSM, the Millennium. Killer sound that truly defied their size. Cardas cabling with CAT electronics.

CES 2004 Show Report
by Roger S. Gordon, CPA

Merlin/CAT - The Merlin room is always one of the best sounding rooms at the CES. In previous years Joule electronics had been used. This year they switched to Convergent Audio Technology (CAT).  If you are a Joule lover, don’t worry, Merlin will be showing with Joule at other shows. The change from Joule to CAT did make a change in the sound—everything makes a difference, of course. The CAT is leaner, more detailed. The Joule lusher and richer. Both sound wonderful. I prefer the Joule/Merlin combination. But if someone gave me the CAT/Merlin combination I could listen contentedly for weeks on end. The Merlins are very detailed throw an enormous sound stage and are really kick-ass on rock and rap. They produce more bass than a speaker their size should. It is always hard to drag myself away from the Merlin room.