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| 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... | |
| Thiel Owners From memory, the 1.6 front facing port is about 1.5” wide and maybe a foot tall. Probably about 2” thick and I’m going to guess the inside edge is square. Doesn’t seem like many 1.6 owners post here. | |
| Which one is the best INTEGRATED!! List is missing Ayre AX-5 Twenty | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se This Netherlands distributor has Jantzen foil in 16 ga 0.15 mHhttp://loudspeakerfreaks.com/Producten_c.asp?Productgroep_B_ID=1619&Productgroep_A_ID=215:^) | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se The Mills gave a richer, fuller sound. I guess “more saturated “ is one way to describe it. Most importantly, the Mills removed a subtle “glassy” quality in the midrange and resulted in an ease of presentation, ie, reduced fatigue during long list... | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se @holco fair enough. Unless you have an FST-sourced XO like me (and your pics indicate you have a Lexington XO), the OEM coils are already excellent. I agree your boards will most benefit from better caps and resistors. | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se On my boards, that coax feed coil is an ERSE FoilQ. It is availble in 16 gauge at 0.15 mH. The OEM aircore one is 18 ga but I cannot tell it hurt anything to increase the gauge and was OKed by Tom Thiel. Then again, I’ve changed so many parts at ... | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se @holco curious why you’re putting a foil coil on the woofer board and not replacing the one in the coax feed (0.15 uF). One caution for the DIY crowd from Tom Thiel is to pay attention to the DC resistance on the boards as new parts can change the... | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se @desmond888 I now have CSAs in both channels (although 2nd channel without bypass caps). At first, I thought I heard a subtle “hallway echo” on male vocals and “silvery sheen” on female vocals. But now it all sounds clean, so I assume it was a bur... |