beetlemania
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| Thiel Owners I disassembled one (original prototype # -0004) cabinet, removed the crossover and wired only the woofer to the input terminal. The other (-0003) was left as a reference with the internal XO and woofer intact, but with the midrange and tweeter... | |
| Ported versus sealed speakers: is one type better? Speaker designs are tradeoffs. Ported designs can go deeper and play louder, in general, while sealed designs have superior definition and textures. | |
| Thiel Owners Vandersteen’s carbon drivers are, IMO, the best audio drivers ever. If I win the powerball, I won’t look any further than his model Seven.The 2.7/3.7 coax and ribbed diaphragms were a significant step towards the same goal Vandersteen has with res... | |
| Thiel Owners The 400uF electrolytic is in series feed to the midrange. Oh, wow! Welp, on the plus side there is more room for sonic improvement. But 400 uF of film caps will certainly need a new layout/board. And it looks like one of the other ELs is 220 uF. A... | |
| Thiel Owners Jim never went over 100uF. Pic of @vair68robert coax crossover has a 400 uF EL. I know this crossover was designed after Jim passed. I imagine he will need to use an entirely new board if he chooses to replace that cap (plus a couple of other... | |
| Thiel Owners I was at least able to verify that the original caps are indeed Clarity Caps SAs as I am almost certain that this is the first re-cap these 3.6s have ever experienced You must have very late production 3.6s. I would have guessed Thiel stopped ... | |
| How many people here generally buy used? Most of my gear I bought used or demo. My system at retail price would be out of my budget . . . and retail price system within my budget wouldn't put a smile on my face. | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel Thanks for your report. I’m impressed with the variety of configurations tried. I’ll further adjust mine based on your narrative. I wonder why “don’t do it”? | |
| Vandersteen 2c vs Thiel CS2 NEW Model 2Ce Signature III. The Model 2 always sets the sonic standard at this price and this 8th upgrade is no exception. This model maintains the category's iconic status while retaining its Made in the USA standing. This gain incorpora... | |
| Vandersteen 2c vs Thiel CS2 I cannot believe that you’d like both in the same system I went from Thiel CS1.6 to Vandersteen 2Ce Sig II to Thiel CS2.4SE. I’ve been increasingly happy at each stop. When I first got the 2.4s, the midrange had a "glassy" quality but otherwise we... | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert I switched back to the parallel ++/- - configuration a few days ago. I do hear this as more open and dimensional, less bounded. Could I pass a DBT? I dunno and I don’t care. If I were more motivated I would compare in mono. But that ... | |
| Thiel Owners @stspur I built completely new boards for my 2.4s last year, with guidance from Tom Thiel. Excepting for a few bypass caps, everything is Clarity Cap CSA. Higher voltages on the coax feeds. Even the big 100 uF shunt caps are now CSA (low voltage).... | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert Sounds like you have a solid plan for an upgrade path and Tom might have some ideas for you. Here’s my two cents. Do you have the schematic? If you’re on a budget you should target the parts in the feeds, rather than shunts, and prio... | |
| Thiel Owners I would consider keeping your CS 2.7 loudspeakers as is, experimental/uniqueSwapping that multistrand for Cardas would also be unique, no? | |
| Looking for an integrated amp around 4000 to 5000. The Ayre AX5-Twenty was the most amazing integrated I’ve heard. I got a VX5-Twenty amp and pair it with my BAT preamp but the integrated sounds better at least in my system and with my musical tastes BAT makes great gear but this suggests you... |