I've always used fully-merged sets, and that's because my sets are meant for all versions of mame (not just the current version), and also for other emulators with compatible rom loaders (kawaks, nebula, fba, etc).
The downside is that if you use the inbuilt MAME menu, only the parent sets will show. This is because the menu looks for named zip files. The clone zips aren't there, so they don't appear. You're better off with a real frontend anyway. Even the much-maligned mameui does it properly.
Never used 7zip, and very rarely use clrmamepro, although I'd guess there wouldn't be any noticeable time difference.
> I can think of a pro and it would be to save HDD space.
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> I never used merged set but was thinking about it. Does mameui and other frontends
> support 7Zip merged sets by the way ? If they do support 7Zip merged sets does it
> take longer for roms to load and whatnot ?
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> Also what about using clrmamepro on a merged set does it take a lot longer to scan
> and fix ? thanks
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