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| How hot does the Ayre EX-8 2.0 Integrated Amplifier get? Nice! I still love my AX-5 Twenty. Probably my last amp. | |
| Thiel Owners @theaudiotweak Thanks for the offer. I want black or charcoal as I will not be using the grilles after installing the felt. So, I will keep looking elsewhere. | |
| Thiel Owners Those SS-1s would be very appealing if they came with a CS2.4 crossover. I suspect the current bid of $305 is a fraction of the final bid. | |
| Thiel Owners @theaudiotweak Did you already order from Zoro? If not, maybe we should split an order of F11 from The Felt Company. | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel What do you think about this?https://www.etsy.com/listing/191182560/thick-wool-felt-3mm-18-x-18-100-wool?ref=shop_home_active_42The Felt Company has a 2 yard minimum for Sutherland F11, about six times more than I need! | |
| Thiel Owners I have an email from Rob Gillum dated March 2018. At that time, he still had CS2.4 outriggers. I have no idea if they’re available today or if he has outriggers for other models. You might call him if you want to know. | |
| Thiel Owners As of a couple years ago, Rob Gillum still had CS2.4 upgrade “kits”. Basically, the Clarity Cap SA coax feed caps plus polished outriggers. Perhaps he also has outriggers for other models? Of course, anyone wanting to upgrade their 2.4 can now do ... | |
| What Integrated Amp do You use Ayre AX-5/20. The foundation and best piece of my system. I’ll probably never be to afford anything better. But that’s OK because it delivers exquisite music. | |
| Thiel Owners @thieliste yes, I am likely missing out on bass reinforcement but with a tradeoff of optimized imaging. My system is in the living room, so am constrained to keep it usable as such. I do get some energy down to the 30 Hz rating and it drops off s... | |
| Thiel Owners @thieliste my CS2.4 “Renaissance” are nearly 6 feet from the front wall. This yields the best sonics as I have the listening position near the back wall (with a large opening to the next room behind my head). I like the sound best with zero toe in. | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert No capacitance, resistance, or inductance values were changed intentionally although my LCR meter measured some small deviations from the target values. That said, OEM caps were mostly 100V whereas the new caps range 160-630V. OEM re... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetlemania may have directly compared coils to coils I did not make this comparison as I replaced all caps and coils at the same time. Not possible, with so many simultaneous changes, to isolate the sonic differences from coils. I spent close to ... | |
| Thiel Owners @duramax747 what article? Neither enjoythemusic or ultraaudio reviews mentions the SNs. I am really curious to know what boards are in those early units! Those reviews were raves. Did the reviewer’s DUTs have Lexington or FST boards? | |
| Thiel Owners I’m assuming your curiosity is the early numbers were made here in US and later runs were sourced elsewhere?(partly speculative but also based on information from Tom Thiel and my own SEs)The 2.4SE debuted circa 2008. By this time, 2.4 crossovers ... | |
| Thiel Owners @marqmike It looks like you have an earlier iteration, relative to my SEs, of the FST boards. Your coils are more tightly wound than mine were but otherwise parts quality looks equivalent save the Clarity SAs on the SE coax feeds.If you are seriou... |