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| Thiel Owners @tomthiel Right, I switched back to the “normal” configuration one week ago Tuesday and listened over the weekend. It sounded similar: open, clear and relaxed. One conclusion is that my DAC must have needed >500 hours to fully break in. But I d... | |
| My Ayre AX-7e Integrated amp vs. an upgrade to the Ayre EX-8 Integrated amplifier Can anyone give me a hint how EX-8 sounds like compared to AX-7e? I have read it sounds different... I happily owned an AX-7e for about 12 years until I moved up to an AX-5 Twenty. I briefly heard an EX-8. maybe two songs. I thought it sounded e... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? If Ayre whose top line amplifier sells for around $35,000 tosses in junk power cords What is the evidence that the OEM cord is "junk"? Also, which amp manufacturers include a $$$ power cord? | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Ayre for many years had a line of Ayre branded premium cables manufactured by Cardas if my memory is correct. Yes, the "Ayre" cables were sourced from Cardas. I think the speaker cables were essentially Golden Reference but in a different jacket. ... | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? Ayre MX-R Twenty Mono-Blocks driving Wilson's. Ayre makes truly outstanding gearI've heard the MX-R driving TADs and Wilsons. Yeah, I've not heard better. | |
| DAC Output 192/16 vs. 192/24 Will I Hear A Difference In my room/system and using Foobar's "comparator" I could distinguish 24 bit files from 16 bit files but not 44 kHz sample rate from 96 or 192 kHz.Still, I cannot imagine having a DAC unable to decode at least 24/192 files. | |
| Thiel Owners Yes, @jafant. The protocol is three blocks under your DX-5 (and other electronics). | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel I widened the gap to more like 6” until close to the amp. I will listen critically again before switching back to the “standard” configuration.@andy2 The SE version has an oversized backplate, so I didn’t have to drill the veneer and MDF... | |
| Should I be able to hear a 4Hz difference in my speakers? I most recently went from Vandersteen 2Ce Sig II (manufacturer spec -3 dB at 29 Hz) to Thiel CS2.4 (manufacturer spec -3 dB at 33 Hz). Using a tone glide in my system/room, I could hear some output from the Vandersteens down to the mid 20s. With t... | |
| Thiel Owners The B speaker has the same cables, but one cable is ++ and the other is --. Those cables are separated by more than 12" in configuration B, and they are taped side-by side in configuration C.My configuration is not so defined. The ++ and - - (2.5 ... | |
| Thiel Owners We chose the final 9" to 12", depending on which driver, to be left untwisted. Something about how the wire-fields were interacting with the "pot of soup" made that configuration sound better. Oh, great! Now I’m going to have nervosa about how it... | |
| Thiel Owners But the more I think about it listening in mono might have limited value since much of difference or improvement is in the soundstageing, dimensionality and clarityAdding the Cardas hookup wire and binding posts was my last change. As with my othe... | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert My Ayre is an integrated, no mono button. But I can use Roon to mix to mono (I did this extensively when comparing crossover mods). Why do you ask? | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert I re-configured my cables per your suggestion last Tuesday. That night there was a subtle echoplex sound but I knew that these changes can take time to settle in. With the quarantine it’s been hard to have the house to myself but I d... | |
| Magico vs the world I prefer the systems I've heard the Vivid Giya G1 Yep, I would take Vivid Giya or Vandersteen 7 over any Magico. Then again, it's just Monopoly money at that point - just in my imagination. |