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| 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... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel Wow, that CS .5 decay plot is super clean! I would not expect a paper cone to do that! | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? New, I would get Vandersteen 2Ce Sig II. Those are one of the biggest bargains in high end audio. But those Thiels will be even better overall, especially if you upgrade the crossover components. Tom Thiel is working on an upgrade kit. | |
| Thiel Owners Wow, those CS2.4s look to be in excellent condition and have a really nice finish (same as my old 1.6s). $1500 is a very good price for the buyer. | |
| See Ayre QB-9 Twenty Upgrade Announcement I decided to sign up for this upgrade after speaking with Gary at Ayre. My confidence is high after successful upgrades to DSD status a few years back. Also, I had my AX-7 upgraded to "e" status and that also was a really nice increase in SQ. If a... | |
| Thiel Owners I’m settling in, down, planting myself!This is almost where I am. My modded 2.4s sound superb. I would probably have to drop at least $30k to better them in any meaningful way. My amp is killer, would have to $$$pend to get better performance ther... | |
| Thiel Owners Yes, drivers look great. You have to be OK with black but I think $1550 is a deal. Listing says they’re sold, Hope that’s you! | |
| Thiel Owners @oblgny If those 2.4s have undamaged drivers and 7+ cabinet they are probably worth the asking price. Doesn’t matter about the SE or not. Most of the SE features were cosmetic (the finish *is* stunning). The only change affecting the sonics was us... | |
| Thiel Owners What is "radical divergence" Some people like to listen at very high SPLs and have large rooms. They will need a LOT of power. Some people have smaller rooms and listen at moderate levels. They will need hardly any power.I did some calculations fo... |