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| Upgrades for Thiel CS 3.6? https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/thiel-owners-2 | |
| My Ayre AX-7e Integrated amp vs. an upgrade to the Ayre EX-8 Integrated amplifier I owned an AX-7e for nearly 15 years. I wouldn’t be concerned about its age, should be good for years to come. I moved up to an AX-5 Twenty. I briefly heard an EX-8 about a year ago. It sounded great although I can’t compare to the AX-7 given the ... | |
| Best Preamp round $8000 Ayre KX-5, Aesthetix Calypso | |
| See Ayre QB-9 Twenty Upgrade Announcement QB-9 Twenty review up at audiophilestyle.com | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert OK, I think I understand now. I’ll give it a whirl, maybe later this week. Probably need to let the cables settle a bit after I change ‘em. (I can hear Prof sighing) | |
| Thiel Owners My amp has only one output per channel but they are Cardas binding posts (identical to what I put on the Thiels) which accept spades from either side. No issue to hookup two runs. Even tri-wiring would probably fit on a single post if your speaker... | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert I chose red and black wires and one of them had a slightly less flexible jacket, making the twisting a bit asymmetrical. Helped to have one end anchored as I twisted at the other. You definitely need to add length. I didn’t take not... | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert Cardas Audio recommended 11 ga input on the woofer but Tom T steered me to this solution:Woofer: input 15 + 17.5 twisted together (effective gauge 13) output to woofer: 15Coax: input 15 output 17.5Note that you have to tin the Carda... | |
| Thoughts/experience with used Thiel speakers https://www.coherentsourceservice.com/ | |
| Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium My short list in that $ range would be: Vandersteen Quatro CT; Joseph Perspective; Vivid Kaya 45 or B1 Decade. | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant I ran Neutral Reference when I had the CS1.6. Now using Golden Reference. All purchased used - those things are $$$My AX-5 is “J” production series. To my knowledge, any later production has no sonic improvements. | |
| Thiel Owners Cables, real or placebo? IDK, but I do know that I’ve repeatedly experienced better sound, especially with speaker cables and ICs, not so much with power cords or USB cable. Oh, and with the hookup wire in my CS2.4 mod. I’m a fan of Cardas product... | |
| Thiel Owners @sdecker Indeed, thats, um, a bit over the top description of what is mostly cosmetic differences. All the more given that the SE boards were sourced from FST (at least mine was). Those cabinets do appear to be in better condition that mine. | |
| Resistors What type of wiring do you recommend FWIW, I used Straightwire 18 ga solid on my new boards anywhere the cap or resistor leads were too short (or with foil-type coils which have no leads). But I used Cardas litz from the terminals to the board... | |
| Resistors I would not spend the extra money on Path Audio for the woofers. I would use the Mills MRA12 resistors in that position. They are also great and cost $5. That sounds like good advice to me, especially if budget is a constraint, but it may we... |