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| Thiel Owners Audiomart CS2.4s are @andy2 pair! Did not see that coming. I thought he was serious about modding the XOs? | |
| Thiel Owners coincident driver takes the compromise out of nearfield listening. When I have the house to myself for the evening, I pull the coffee table out and sit on a wooden low back chair in front of my couch. I am unable to hear deleterious effects from ... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks for the link, holco. I quite like the subjective reviews at hifi-advice. They do an exceptional job of comparing the DUT not only to competing products but also describe how the sound changes with different speakers, even cables. Here is th... | |
| Thiel Owners I think it not improper to point out that JA seems to hear what his measurements tell him. At 50" there is a midrange suck-out and some spikes. Notice that he wonders in print if that is what he is hearing. Supposedly, Stereophile’s reviewers do... | |
| Thiel Owners Andy, FWIW Brian Damkroger did *not* hear the midrange reticence during his audition:https://www.stereophile.com/content/thiel-cs6-loudspeaker-brian-damkroger-october-2003My experience with the CS2.4SE included a “glassy” quality in the midrange t... | |
| Thiel Owners @andy2 It’s above my pay grade to speculate whether you’re onto something regarding the XO design and JA’s subjective opinion, but I am confident higher parts quality will improve transparency for the CS6. It also seems relevant that Tom has told... | |
| Thiel Owners Phew! Thanks, Tom.Curious to read your impressions of ERSE v Jantzen wax foils. Not that I think or feel I’m missing anything. | |
| Thiel Owners At first glance, coils are 4-9s, best of form. Significant improvement could be made via cap and resistor upgrades from AXON, electrolytic and sandcasts.Beetle might have an opinion. The coils are certainly of higher quality construction than thos... | |
| Thiel Owners The degree of audibility of parallel / shunt / non-series feed components is far greater than generally believed. Improvement can be heard via a higher voltage cap of the same construction - even in circuits that "don't matter much". Does th... | |
| Has anybody tried Qobuz Streaming service? I slightly prefer the sound of Qobuz 24 bit PCM ("Native Quality Audio") to Tidal MQA. TBF, my DAC is not MQA'd, so I only get the first unfold with Roon. But why would I ever buy new hardware to play MQA files when I can play an original hi-res f... | |
| Thiel Owners Yawn. Stereophile amp measurements tell you the outer limits of the unit. If I needed anything even close to 200+ W at 2 ohm continuous, you would have a point. But . . .never mind. You can have the last word. | |
| Thiel Owners That’s a great, and funny, story, Tom! And a good reminder of the compromises designers must make. Throwing money at the problem helps but even with unlimited budget, consumers will not have a “perfect” system.For myself, I most value transparency... | |
| Thiel Owners Under the conditions I use my system (seldom above 85dB and probably never above 90), my amp has more than enough power to deliver stress/compression-free music. It sounds superb. Listeners demaning peaks of 105+ should probably look not only for ... | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound If you’re trying to recreate orchestral climaxes in your room, I suggest you have the wrong speaker rather myself with the wrong amp. Most Wilsons or the JBL K2 9800 will play loud as hell without issue. I hope buyers of the CS2.4 are not... | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound Can’t decide whether to trust you or my lying ears. @ronkent probably in the same predicament.But because you’re apparently into numbers, riddle me this. How many watts are needed to get 85 dB from CS2.4 at the listening position 8-9’ awa... |