Meris - new release 10.10.23, Mercury X reverb

allen

No idea but the cheapest place is bax shop. 

https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/reverb-delay/meris-mercuryx-modular-reverb-system

Then add BF2023 to your order to get it down to £562 

I’m tempted. 

ColWilkie

Yeah, also saw it around for a similar price.  More tempted now but not a lot of chat about it! 

allen

Where else did you see it for that price?

ColWilkie

Signal sounds in Glasgow. 

allen

Thanks!

BintyTwanger77

Seriously, worth a go. I will say you’ll need a bit of patience and time to get used to it and knowing which parameters to play with but the rewards are there. The quality of the reverbs is stunning, from the simplest room reverb and a very decent spring to all of the huge cavernous and weird stuff. This and the LVX have replaced a Timeline/Big Sky combo and I was strongly wedded to the Strymons as mainstays before Meris came along with these two beauts.

allen

I've cracked and ordered one.

BintyTwanger77

allen said:

I've cracked and ordered one.

Excellent! Let us know what you think.

ColWilkie

BintyTwanger77 said:

Seriously, worth a go. I will say you’ll need a bit of patience and time to get used to it and knowing which parameters to play with but the rewards are there. The quality of the reverbs is stunning, from the simplest room reverb and a very decent spring to all of the huge cavernous and weird stuff. This and the LVX have replaced a Timeline/Big Sky combo and I was strongly wedded to the Strymons as mainstays before Meris came along with these two beauts.

This is very helpful, thank you mate. To be honest I’ve always been more of a delay fan over reverb, but I’ve been so impressed with LVX on the second go I can help but want to pair them up!  It’s definitely going to take some effort as LVX did, but once you know what your looking for it’s a quick interface to work through. 

ColWilkie

BintyTwanger77 said:

allen said:

I've cracked and ordered one.

Excellent! Let us know what you think.

Nice work, no messing around!  Definitely keen to hear your experience as well. 

allen

To be fair I've been on this thread since day 1 so it was just a matter of time.

allen

It has (finally) arrived.

Just managed half an hour with it. So far I am really pleased with it.

I'm a bit of a pedal junkie so I've already got the LVX plus an H90 and the big box Strymons.

Haven't had a chance to put them back to back yet though.

Initial impressions:

1. Knob twiddling is fun especially coming from the same UI as the LVX
2. The modular model seems to suit me more than the 'packaged' model
3. The reverbs themselves sound so smooth. Cheaper reverbs seem to have processing artefacts to my ears. The Mercuryx reverbs sound very organic and natural.

dangriffiths

Got mine too - sounds great, versatile from big mad stuff to pretty bread and butter sounds, easy to tweak but I still can't get a regular plate I like as much as the Flint haha

BintyTwanger77

dangriffiths said:

Got mine too - sounds great, versatile from big mad stuff to pretty bread and butter sounds, easy to tweak but I still can't get a regular plate I like as much as the Flint haha

I loved the Flint V2, and I would’ve been all over it if it had a more tweakable EQ, the Hall can be very dark and mid-focused, for me, on a higher mix.