beetlemania
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| Thiel Owners @prof Tom Thiel described Thiel Audio’s measurements earlier in this thread, maybe February-May? | |
| Thiel Owners • Bad (compromised) information is in some ways more harmful than no information. Real anechoic chamber or outdoor measurements are expensive and Stereophile et al choose to side-step that expense without, in my opinion, proper contextualizat... | |
| Thiel Owners Too bad they don't measure at distances that allow for proper driver integration, time accuracy or actual listening positions. Most Thiels measured by Stereophile (at 50") show a suck out at the mid-tweeter XO point. Sometimes the text would ex... | |
| Thiel Owners Jim does not add the customary underdamped bass hump, so Thiel bass is honest. Teeheehee. I think I know which brand you're referring to ;^)Soundstage's loudspeaker measurements are done in a true anechoic chamber and, therefore, do not suffer t... | |
| Thiel Owners @andy2 The CS2.4 goes down to about 30 cycles in my room and I have them well away from walls. That’s enough to reproduce all but the left most one or two keys on a piano. Not much music down there. My previous speaker was Vandy 2CE Sig II, useful... | |
| Looking for a preamp used under 5k The recently discontinued Ayre K-5xeMP was the lowest priced Stereohile Class A rated preamp for several years. This is one on Audiogon right now for $2800. | |
| Thiel Owners Craigslist is also a place to find strong, young movers! | |
| Thiel Owners If they need help, Rob will help you. If you want to take them to the next performance level, we'll have an upgrade path for you. IMNSHO, buying a nice pair of used Thiels might become the most-cost-effective way to get near SOTA sound. For st... | |
| I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why. Tone controls? Isn't that just admitting that your gear/room are crap or that you prefer colored music? | |
| Thiel Owners Pick a dozen brands / products at $20K and compare your new 3.6s toe to toe. I bet you'll be thrilled. Yes! There are 2, maybe 3, speakers south of $20K that I would *consider* trading my CS2.4SEs for. And that's before I finish my XO upgrade... | |
| Thiel Owners We chose the Chiquitano because of their protected generational custody of their land, factually safe from the intrusion of MacDonalds slash and burn farming. Poverty with Gringo beef practices is the root cause of tropical deforestation. When... | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se @desmond888Your Clarity Cap plan sounds good. You can save money and space by going with the 250 V version for the larger capacitance value (ie, 10 and 18 uF) and 630 V version for the smaller value (3.9 and 10). Another path to 28 uF is to get 25... | |
| Thiel Owners Thank You for the continued research and development on Caps, Drivers and XO upgrades.Just received caps, coils, pre-drilled boards, and other parts from Tom Thiel. Something of a pre-cursor for what the kits might look like. I am impressed by the... | |
| Thiel Owners Thielrules is the owner of that last pair of 3.7s. | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel Happy Birthday! All the best to you - have fun! Thanks for sharing Thiel history here and encouraging our XO mods. |