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| Thiel CS2.4 to what? My 2.4 upgrade path is to rebuild the XOs. Working with Tom Thiel, I plan entirely new boards, maybe reuse a single 1uf bypass cap. Even the coils will be replaced plus probably going to use Cardas terminal posts. The 2.4 drivers are hellagood. I ... | |
| Thiel Owners My early plans were influenced by some other threads here regarding aftermarket caps and, more substantially, by Tom Thiel's comments here. But other than, maybe the Mills MRAs, all of the current plans and component choices are from the mind of T... | |
| Thiel Owners @andy2 Other than the Clarity SAs in the coax feed, there is reason to think your Lexington XOs are superior to later iterations that were sourced from China. That said, you might still consider upgrading the components if not doing a full rebuild... | |
| Thiel Owners Regarding access to XOs for the 2.4, here are Rob Gillum’s instructions to me:“The crossover can be accessed through the passive radiator opening. The base is not removable, as it is screwed, and glued. To access the crossover, you must remove the... | |
| Thiel Owners Pretty much all designs have trade-offs. You can reduce, if not eliminate, them by throwing more money at it but real-world speaker design is a series of compromises. Sure, Wilsons can play loud as hell, but at what (sonic) cost? The smaller midra... | |
| Thiel Owners CS7.2 (and 3.7) is just behind the very best speakers I’ve heard, and at a fraction of the price. I suspect Tom Thiel’s XO mods will narrow that gap. I’m itching to finish my 2.4 upgrade. I suspect I’d have to get something like a Vandy 5 carbon t... | |
| Thiel Owners learn the 2 ohm behaviorHi Tom, Stereophile has measured both Ayre models i have owned. Soundstage might have also measured the AX-5 but maybe it was the amp rather than integrated. Charles Hansen was not a fan of power ratings for amps. Here are ... | |
| Thiel Owners I just ordered some Audyn Q4 capacitors to replace all the electrolytic one originally installed on my CS 3.6, in detail, four 100 uF/100v and one 66 uF/100VThat is fantastic, please let us know the sonic results. I suggest you also upgrade the re... | |
| Thiel Owners l recommend evaluating any amp (for Thiel speakers) by its ability to sustain a 2 ohm load. I’ve had great success driving my Thiels with Ayre. I used an AX-7e to drive CS 1.6s and am now using an AX-5 Twenty to drive CS 2.4 SEs. The 7 is rated a... | |
| Thiel Owners @thosb only on reputation, i would rank them BAT>Classe>>>Sunfire. Good luck | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel looking forward to pressing my Multicap bypasses into service :) | |
| Thiel Owners @last_lemming Soundstage/ultra audio and feel the music both reviewed the SE version albeit they did not directly compare to the standard version. The only difference related to SQ was two capacitors in the coax feed. These are Clarity Cap SAs whi... | |
| Amp upgrade from Ayre V-5xe Ayre has been candid about the origins of the diamond circuit. Not sure your point about “perfected” but my snarkmeter is ringing. | |
| Amp upgrade from Ayre V-5xe reports of the non 20 version shutting down on heat protection.Well, that’s compelling evidence of a problem that needed to be fixed but the Twenty version is so much more than addressing excess heat. And it’s obvious on face value that they did n... | |
| Amp upgrade from Ayre V-5xe one of the reasons Ayre made quick update ( twenty version) of his diamond output amps, is because they had trouble with overheatingI don’t think that’s quite right, certainly not the full story. Yes, the originals ran hot but what evidence do yo... |