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| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) @erik_squires I’m completely rebuilding my XOs. I have CSAs on the coax board and am comparing with and without Multicap RTX bypasses (~1%). I might also try a CMR bypass. Please characterize for me the SQ of Jupiter as a bypass. Thanks. | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se @desmond888 interesting report, thanks. Holco’s report is earlier on this thread. My preliminary take is that the CSA is more transparent and resolved for pretty much all instruments and vocals. More open and clear, with notably better microdynami... | |
| Thiel Owners Smoking good deal on those 2.4s. I’d almost buy ‘em just for the spare drivers. 10-12 hour drive for me during winter, no thanks. | |
| Thiel Owners @andy2 Understand I am building completely new boards. When I finish, *everything* will be new from the terminal posts to the output wire to the drivers. Only the drivers and cabinet will be OEM.That said, when I upgraded the resistors last May I ... | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se @desmond888 Thiel used unleaded solder (high melting point) but I do not know the brand. I am using Cardas (leaded) for my new boards. In my case, I plan to replace everything from the terminal posts to the driver wiring. Posts and wire will be Ca... | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se @desmond888 You might post this over on the Thiel Owners thread where Tom Thiel will see it. Your perceived shift in balance *could* be an artifact of altered total resistance on the coax board compared to woofer board. For example, the CSAs might... | |
| Thiel Owners @holco PM sent | |
| Thiel Owners Edit: lol, Tom Thiel replied while I was typing all this@samzx12 Tom Thiel is hoping to eventually address the 2.7 but it is the very newest design and he has it as lower priority after older models such as 2.4 and 3.6.If you read thru this thread... | |
| BEST fullrange speaker drivers in existence, 4"-10" diameter range, and...Go! Not clear what you're asking. What do you mean by "fullrange"? Is this for a DIY speaker? Do you mean bass extension? Or single driver that best covers 20-20K cycles? | |
| Thiel Owners @profYes, that’s fair. Richard Hardesty outlined those benefits in his review of the Vandersteen 2WQ and I considered him a highly credible reviewer. Still, at my budget I want want something that crushes it from the mid bass up. Getting quality s... | |
| Thiel Owners Jim to take the bass as deep as possible in each model - because subs are inherently difficult. The CS2.4 has useful output down to ~30 Hz. The 3-series down to upper 20s. The CS7.2 down to the mid 20s. Compare those to the lowest fundamentals o... | |
| Thiel Owners KEF is highly regarded and Andrew Jones is a hall of fame level designer but I would stay with the Thiel. You *know* it’s beyond mid-level good, matches your stuff, and is made in US. | |
| All in one Pre/Power/Streaming/DAC or Streaming Preamp/DAC combo ~$2k-4k recommendations If you can stretch your budget, Ayre EX-8 | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se 630 V version has thicker film. Tom Thiel (and his sources) is confident that will sound better. We are putting 630 V on the coax feed (ie, 14 and 28 uF caps) for maximum SQ. Where you are runnng in parallel to get proper capacitance, you might us... | |
| Thiel Owners Do you really want to hear the crap from these dealers? I wonder how much of this is a genuine expression versus sales pitch designed to sow seeds of audiophile doubt in hopes of getting you to buy new speakers. High-end audio is hurting. These br... |