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| Thiel Owners @andy2 I can probably find recordings as you describe but not able to compare to anything else in the near future. Any 3.7 owner want to bring your speakers to my room?Interesting hypothesis regarding image density. That sounds plausible. Are your... | |
| Thiel Owners Can’t say I’ve noticed this trait, Andy2. Some songs with the mix in one channel seem to emanate well outside the bounds of the speakers. The CS2.4 does this at least as well as the CS1.6 and Vandy 2Ce Sig II. Just earlier this evening I did a dou... | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound @prof This should soothe the feelingshttps://www.avsforum.com/double-blind-abx-testing-proves-power-cords-effect-audio/ | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant Not sure how to answer that and I haven’t kept careful records other than I had minimum 100-200 hours on new parts before I made comparisons. Most resistors have been run for about one year (3000+ hours?) other than Tom had me replace the ... | |
| Ayre Codex vs. Lampizator Amber II I promise you its beautiful and have run the Ayre Codex up to pretty much all Dacs at 5 k and it easily competes and then some. Jim Smith wrote pretty much the same although he cautioned that he hadn't heard everything. | |
| Pono and the Ayre Codex How close do you feel they are in sound quality?? I’ve only heard the Pono with headphones and my short demo of a Codex was with speakers.But, if you like the SQ of the Pono it seems you would like the Codex at least as much. Supposed to be simila... | |
| Thiel Owners The terminal spade is almost certainly rhodium over silver but the strands are copper, according to their websitehttp://www.cardas.com/clear_beyond_sp.phpBTW, I hear a more relaxed and liquid presentation with my biwire configuration compared to s... | |
| Best Pc for audio? I previously had a fanless Zotac with Windows 7 and JRMC. I still use it for concert videos. Currently use a NUC i3 with Roon OS. Roon is superb. | |
| Bi-wiring? You either use one run of speaker cables from the amp and then add jumpers such ashttp://www.cardas.com/jumpers.phpOr two identical runs of cables from the amphttps://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7432#&gid=1&pid=2some people even bi-amp, o... | |
| Pono and the Ayre Codex I have a Pono and have heard a Codex. I suspect the asr review is a case of confirmation bias. | |
| The under appreciated impedance curve What do you look for in the impedance curve? The minimum value and the frequency at that value. Also, whether the curve is flattish over multiple octaves and, if so, the average impedance over that range.That said, the map is not the territory. Th... | |
| Thiel Owners The CS3.7 XO pic I’ve seen shows good coils but sandcast resistors and CYC MKT caps. The drivers are probably the best ever from Jim Thiel (ie, some of the best ever from any manufacturer) but the passive parts quality is wanting, IMO. If I had 3.... | |
| Got a BAT VK-225se ... Holy Moly! IME, upgrading to a great amp makes close to as much difference as upgrading to a great speaker. | |
| AYRE VX-5 TWENTY- WHICH TUBE PREAMP MATCHS Oh, you already have a K-1. That probably sounds pretty good! What do you find lacking? | |
| AYRE VX-5 TWENTY- WHICH TUBE PREAMP MATCHS Ayre KX-5 is a no-brainer but in tubes I would consider ARC or Aesthetix. Hard to make a bad choice here! |