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| Thiel Owners @tomthiel This threadhttps://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/thiel-cs2-4-upgrade-to-cs-2-4-seDesmond put CSA 250V on the coax feeds (had to parallel 10+3.9 and 18+10 uF). He reported his perception of a change in balance and suboptimal neutrality a... | |
| Thiel Owners @sgmlawI agree there is a good amount of art to voicing a XO. But know that Tom T has put in a mountain of homework, drawing on his own experience and that of several industry professionals with decades of knowledge/experience. The idea for these ... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafantI have never noticed any stress from my Ayre AX-5 at any SPL in my 18x19 room (vaulted ceiling with large openings on rear wall). With my combo of amp and DAC, clipping sets in at an indicated “40” on the volume with a typical CD. Even for ... | |
| Do $2k speakers + DSP = $50k speakers? I’m gonna go with “nope”.Every speaker has compromises. The more you spend the fewer the compromises. At $2k, there are MANY compromises. DSP might mitigate room modes but will never mitigate a loud cabinet, lack of bass, resonant drivers, or unde... | |
| Thiel Owners @andy2Keep in mind that my SEs had FST boards. Compared to (most?) standard 2.4s, these have better coax feed caps but potentially worse caps and coils elsewhere.Here is what I wrote regarding the Mills resistors https://forum.audiogon.com/discuss... | |
| Thiel Owners Regarding the FST coils, I sent pics to Tom Thiel and he noted the apparent loose winding. When my new ERSE and Jantzen coils arrived, I was stunned at the difference in tightness of the windings. Given my global changes, I cannot say to what degr... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafantYes, I have 163/164. What a memory!Given that the SE was released before Jim T passed in 2009 and my pair was built in 2012 (as reported by the seller and confirmed per label on a woofer), I suspect SEs were built as orders trickled in. But... | |
| Thiel Owners @sgmlaw I was disappointed to learn that my late SEs had Chinese-sourced crossovers and probably would not have bought them had I known this. Nevertheless, the drivers are superb and the cabinets are good . . . and now Tom Thiel is working on an u... | |
| Integrated Amps - Ayre vs Pass Labs @gibalok you view my system details herehttps://cgi.audioasylum.com/systems/5053.html | |
| Thiel Owners My Cardas wire is, maybe, 5% of my total costs. For me, that’s not a dealbreaker when I’m trying to maximize SQ (short of $$$ Dueland caps and Path resistors). Now, the Cardas binding posts are more expensive and I’ll compare those in conjunction ... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant not a garage like Tom’s who has 2.2, PP, 3.6 with 1.6 on the way. I only have my SEs, which are no longer SEs. I am giving Tom subjective impressions of a couple of caps and bypasses among other XO possibilities. Already did the Mills resi... | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) I would not accuse Wilson W/P capable of “hyper detail retrieval”. YMMV. | |
| Thiel Owners I don't have any information on the cables used, something tells me the CS2.4 could use some improvement on the cables used in the xover wiring.Rob Gillum informed me that my 2012 built SEs have wire sourced from FST. Supposedly it’s equivalent to... | |
| Integrated Amps - Ayre vs Pass Labs I have an AX-5 Twenty. Confident it’s my last amp . . . | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) I bought Thiel CS2.4SEs about a year ago because I wanted greater transparency and resolution in the midrange. Wasn’t disappointed other than a subtle glassy quality on vocals. Replacing the resistors with Mills MRA-12s fixed that issue. More rece... |