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| Resistors I don't have experience with either. But, I did extensively research resistors in advance of my Thiel crossover rebuild. Among all the subjective opinions I found (many here on Audiogon fora), everyone who heard Path Audio loved them. Dueland was ... | |
| Thiel Owners I’ve now twice mated an Ayre integrated with a Thiel. Been super happy both times. Interesting that being able to discern how an amp sounds from measurements is “objective”, lol. | |
| Thiel Owners @prof My thanks, also, for your comments re: CS2.7 v. Joseph Perspective. If I were buying new in that price category, the Perspective would be on my short list. And your experience adds weight to my opinion that you need to reach even higher up t... | |
| Thiel Owners I think that while measurements might not tell all about how an amp sounds, some aspects of sound are quite predictable from measurements. Perhaps in a vague way. But you either forget that I have actually *heard* this combination of gear or yo... | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound Um, one of us has the actual *experience* of listening to the CS2.4 driven by an Ayre AX-5.Stereophile’s measurements help us to discern that the AX-5 is not a good match for the CS5 or Magnepan 20 and shouldn’t be mated with the CS2.4 *i... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant With my particular combination of gear and assuming a typical CD, clipping will onset at an indicated “40” on the AX-5. I usually listen at about 30 for rock, maybe 35 if I’m extra rowdy. But most of my listening is 20-28 indicated, even l... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant unsound is steering you away from Ayre because it doesn’t vomit 2 ohm watts like a moon rocket on the Stereophile test bench.The CS2.4 presents a ~3 ohm load from 400-20k cycles. Two speakers need ~ 50 Watts to produce 90 dB at the listeni... | |
| Thiel Owners Indeed, this has been a fantastic thread. Thanks for kicking it off, @jafant We are very fortunate to have Tom Thiel participating. When I bought my 2.4SEs, I had an inkling to upgrade the crossovers. But I had nowhere near in mind to take it as f... | |
| Pono and the Ayre Codex Whatever the guy measured, he can continue measuring, and I will continue to listen from the codex. Measurements can be helpful to engineers as they design, revealing problematic behavior. Measurements in the audio magazines (tip of the hat to ... | |
| Thiel Owners if playing 100dB, mid asked to put out 250Hz percussives at 88dB (round 'electrical' numbers, not taking acoustic roll-off contributions to the end-result 6dB/octave slopes.)). Ask Rob how many 2.4 coaxes I've gone through, and not due to lac... | |
| Thiel Owners @8th-note Glad to read that your CS6s are working again. We are fortunate to have Rob/CSS! Thiel Audio went into bankruptcy about one month after I bought my 2.4s. Rob opened not long after and I asked him about replacement drivers. He said none a... | |
| Thiel Owners I used an Ayre AX-7 to drive my CS1.6s and now using an AX-5 with my CS2.4s. Very happy with both pairings. Measurements can give a hint but listening is only way to know. | |
| Thiel Owners @mr_bill The CS2.7 was developed after Jim T passed. It was a collaboration in house but with external engineering for the crossover. Search “CS 2.7” written by “tomthiel” to get the history. It has a first order network.If you aren’t afraid of a ... | |
| Thiel Owners I am not arguing about the technical merits of time-phase coherent. I am only arguing about Thiel business model as if it is financially viable. I would not criticize PSB or B&W as they are able to find a way to be viable even if using a diffe... | |
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