beetlemania
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| 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... | |
| Resistors Hmmm, trust my LCR meter and my own ears in a side-by-side comparison or "kenjit"? | |
| Thiel Owners @sdecker nice post@tomic601 are you referring to the Tekton? I’m very skeptical looking at the design and driver selections but they actually measured quite well on JAs test bench, FWIW. I’m curious to hear them. Not that not I’m inclined to let m... | |
| Thiel Owners Yes, in the 1990s there were a couple of Thiel reviews wherein JA acknowledged the "suckout" was probably more a result of his techniques than actual performance. From the CS2.3 measurements section: The 50" mike distance I use is a compromise bet... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomic601 Did Stereophile review the Kento already? I didn’t renew my subscription last year. Not happy with JA’s promotion, even hype, of MQA. Jim Austin taking the reins was a deal breaker for me. Meanwhile, JA’s protocols really put Thiels and ... | |
| Resistors Mmmm, treat yourself to a warm cocoa for saving the world from whatever it is you imagine you're saving the world from. <golf clap> | |
| Resistors I upgraded one channel at a time, from OEM sandcasts to Mills MRAs, and compared them side-by-side using a mono mixdown. Obvious difference between them. | |
| Resistors The difference can only be heard if the values are different. This was *not* my experience. |