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| Thiel Owners @tomthielHi, Tom. That’s the height I get in my new, lower listening chair. Still considering elevating my speaker using butcher-block atop brass cones/spikes, but have settled down for now...enjoyment-factor is just too good!Arvin | |
| Level mismatch in speakers when using tube amp Growing up here in Baltimore, Polk was always viewed very fondly as a small, hometown company that really made a name for themselves. Glad to hear that even though they've changed ownership a few times since Mathew Polk passed, their customer ser... | |
| Reducing Humming Sound @oldhvymecThanks for the report and I am very happy to hear it wasn't too trying a chore for you! I actually sent your findings to a friend of mine who happens to be an electrician and he said it looks pretty straight-forward...we're hoping to me... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi @tomthiel,The core of my system remain the Thiel CS 3.5's being fed by two Audio Research D240 MKII solid-state amps (in bridged-mono configuration), with Audio Research tube preamps (LS7 line-stage and PH3 phono). The source I was streaming T... | |
| MUST Have Vinyl @stickman451 " Wish that I had bought an extra copy however, it’s out of print currently."You and me, both!Arvin | |
| MUST Have Vinyl Something I didn’t see mentioned and is still kind of an "unknown" to many is "The Trinity Session" by The Cowboy Junkies. What makes this album so special are the incredible, haunting vocals of Margot Timmons, the perfect performance of the band ... | |
| Question on how DAC’s work... Thanks, @mahler123...I completely forgot to confirm about the digital outputs on the Denon. In my haste, I thought it had a coax among all the other outputs back there!Arvin | |
| Question on how DAC’s work... Thanks for sharing, @jazzman7...that's exactly what I had hoped for!Arvin | |
| Question on how DAC’s work... Thanks everyone...as usual, you've all been very helpful!Arvin | |
| Question on how DAC’s work... Hi @erik_squires Understood...thanks for your response. So, in other words, even if the Vault's on-board DAC is still doing the MQA unfolding, the potential for better quality sound from an external DAC exists...even if that external DAC has no MQ... | |
| Thiel Owners Satisfaction...Just spent the last few hours listening to Tidal MQA streams of Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Thelonius Monk and others...and I didn't listen to the equipment so much anymore, I just listened to the music. And that m... | |
| Reducing Humming Sound @uberwaltz Yes, the more I researched around other forums (including at Tripp-Lite) the more I understand this to be a unit that has a hum...some louder than others. The other thing is that I did read about how some users/techs eliminate such a h... | |
| Reducing Humming Sound @oldhvymec While I would love to see what you find out, I do hope you know what you’re doing...please stay safe!Arvin | |
| Reducing Humming Sound Thanks all for your suggestions!I had always been a little bit leary about opening up this unit due to well, the possibility of death, but thought there might be an instance of someone who actually did what is was suggesting. I’m glad I asked befo... | |
| Thiel Owners @jab Thanks for sharing your experiences! I will check out those Sound Anchor stands for compatibility. Will try a temporary solution as an experiment first...think I may be chasing improvements that really aren't possible in my listening space.Arvin |