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| Thiel Owners I do have a question for you beetemainia and holco ,did you change or increase the wiring guage ? From my 5 March 2019 post in this thread:I replaced every passive part from the binding posts to the driver hookup wire. Binding posts: Cardas "CP... | |
| The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre? @atmasphere Thanks for that *very* informative post! I think it's a telling anecdote that Halcro is no longer a thing (THE BEST AMPLIFIER EVER! - lol). | |
| Thiel Owners Jupiter copper is supposed to sound superb. i considered those as bypasses. Of course, you can’t do the whole board with those even if you have unlimited budget (and space). Jupiter Cu capacitance is nowhere near the values on a Thiel XO. | |
| Thiel Owners I’m still confused as to what you did when you experienced the resonance.Ayre recommends playing the IBE at “moderate” levels which I interpret as less than typical SPL for music. When I did my XO rebuild, I searched for cabinet modes with steady ... | |
| Thiel Owners 1:04 on the Ayre IBE long glide tone is ~28 Hz. Charles Hansen posted the formula on audioasylum.What caps did you replace? In the 2.7s? | |
| Thiel Owners Wow, Tom, thank you for that candid post.Regarding my upgrade, I would not hesitate to do it again. Some may consider it expensive, especially relative to the price of used Thiels, But the result is a speaker that compares favorably against other ... | |
| Amps I Like Ayre amps provide a lush dark backdrop which I've heard in no other amplifier. I don't mean they are dark sounding (i.e. reduced treble) but that the sound seems to emanate from absolute nothingness and explode without boundaries. An effect I'... | |
| See Ayre QB-9 Twenty Upgrade Announcement Anyone heard this yet? Apparently there *are* units that have been upgraded, so someone has heard it by now. My unit is in the queue for next month, hope to have it back no later than December. | |
| Thiel Owners the CS 2.4 . . . benefits from a small degree of toe-in, IMOI think mine sound best with no toe-in. I have ‘em 7’-10” apart, so maybe closer than your configuration?Btw, what amp are you using? | |
| Vandersteen Kento Specs Released Vandersteen official link (with photo and full specs):https://vandersteen.com/products/?dir=kento-carbon Thanks for the link. Pretty much the Quatro cabinet but with side-firing woofers.I still think the Treo is far and away the best looking spe... | |
| Vandersteen Kento Specs Released The Seven is one of the 3-4 very best I've ever heard and would probably be my selection if I win the lottery. This description suggests the Kento will be very close in performance. Although $37K is much less than $64K, still WAY out of my budget.... | |
| Thiel Owners under false pretenses Prof, right there is where we see it differently. You seem to view high end cables as "snake oil". My position is more nuanced: yes, there are obscenely priced cables whose performance is not commensurate with price but tha... | |
| Thiel Owners Try not to despair too much. I, for one, couldn't care less if Obscene Audio charges $50K per foot for a USB cable. No skin of my nose! Even if I could afford it I wouldn't bother (law of diminishing returns). And if the Obscene guys bilk the 1%... | |
| Thiel Owners I bought my CS2.4SEs from TMR. The cabinets were in rougher condition than they showed in the pics and description but otherwise they were good to deal with. Those 2.2 look good in the pics but hard to believe a speaker that age is really a 9/10. ... | |
| Thiel Owners How were the improvements measured? Jim Thiel again: "The improved resolution is not the kind of thing that shows up well in measurements; the magnitude of the difference between the CS2.4 and the CS2.4SE is more easily heard than discerned from g... |