beetlemania
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| 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... | |
| Thiel Owners I'm less inclined to try the expensive AyreJust from the price points I wouldn’t think to match MXRs with CS2.4s, but I bet they would sound fantastic. Even more so with a Tom Thiel modded crossover. To repeat what I’ve written elsewhere in this t... | |
| Thiel Owners I have two levels of upgrade specified for each of those first two products. Hi Tomsounds like your plans keep evolving. Can’t wait for a report. Didn’t know the Cornell Dubiliers were back on your radar. Hope they don’t obsolete my RTX! | |
| Amp upgrade from Ayre V-5xe I bet you’ll be happy! | |
| Thiel Owners break-in is something that many engineering-oriented observers dismiss as voodoo or make-believe or user acclimation. From the very beginning, we perceived its reality beyond question, but have never developed any definitive causal narrativeeyond ... | |
| Apollo R + Codex v. different CDP or Ayre QX I currently have an Ayre AX-7e and a Codex and they do sound great together, but the EX-8 is better. Please say more. In what way(s) is the EX-8 better? | |
| Thiel Owners @prof How often do you swap connections? Spade connection is tough to beat for a solid transmission of the signal. Set it and forget it. | |
| Thiel 2.4 Are the 2.4s at that price a good deal or would I be better looking elsewhere?Well, I seriously doubt you will find anything new at that price point with equivalent SQ. I bought CS2.4SEs a few months ago and have been *very* happy. I was consideri... | |
| P5-xe, codex, XLR interconnects which source do you listen to more ? work on that one first...Indeed. I have a P-5xe and a QB-9 but rarely listen to vinyl anymore with 24 bit downloads and Tidal via Roon. Sounds fantastic. To my ears, hi-rez and the QB-9 combine the textures of... | |
| Mundorf MKP Audiophiler or ClarityCap ESA ? Um, yes, the 1 uF bypasses are CYC but you otherwise have incorrect info about the caps on my boards. BTW, I am working with Tom Thiel for this upgrade! My plan was to go with CMRs but he steered me to CSA+Multicaps.Meanwhile, I see zero evidence ... | |
| Mundorf MKP Audiophiler or ClarityCap ESA ? My Thiel boards are full of CYC MKTs, not Solens. The CSAs *are* a film cap, no? I will report my subjective results on the "Thiel Owner's Thread". I've already upgraded my resistors with Mills MRA-12s to great satisfaction.Meanwhile, what is your... | |
| Mundorf MKP Audiophiler or ClarityCap ESA ? That guy’s opinions and that site is one giant pile of crap And your evidence is . . . ?I will soon upgrade the caps on my Thiel CS2.4s with Clarity CSA (plus ~1% Multicap RTX bypasses for the coax feeds). | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant I don’t have an SPL meter. I can tell you that I don’t listen at ear-piercing levels. I used to use an AX-7 to drive Vandy 2s and I could get that combo to clip but only at levels too loud for me. My room is ~18x19 with a vaulted ceiling 8... | |
| Thiel Owners There are well respected amplifiers that don't double. Ayre, for example. Ayre doesn't give a 2 Ohm spec but not sure why you wrote this. Ayre specs *all* of their amps as doubling into 4 Ohms. The AX-5 JA measured did show signs of stress at ... | |
| Thiel Owners @thosb Did you receive my reply to your PM re: caps for CS2.3? |