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| Thiel Owners Note, my PowerPoints are late-date manufacture from China. Tom, did *all* the manufacturing move to China? I recall reading years ago that the round cap on the CS3.7 had to be made in China because of quality issues. I didn't realize until rece... | |
| Thiel Owners I researched the caps as needed here, and there are probably newer better caps since 2011, though for a price.http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Cap.html I gave a short look at this link. How does this guy have time and money to compare all of th... | |
| Thiel Owners I’d post pictures if I could... I'm hoping Rob Gillum will offer upgrade kits for DIYers as well as in-house upgrades. Ideally, this would include how-to pics or, even, video links on his website. | |
| Thiel Owners @sdecker Wow, that is *super* helpful information. Thanks! Would it be easier to remove the entire boards and replace the caps with the crossovers out of the cabinets? Your post got me thinking that a "real" modder would probably mount the crossov... | |
| Thiel Owners I am already spreading the word to Thiel owners. Good idea. I just pasted Tom's post over at the asylum. We'd be smart to do what we can to support Rob's venture! | |
| Thiel is officially closed!! Is Gary Dayton leaving Bryston?? Tom can clarify but I'm guessing his role will be more of a consultant/advisor. But, hey, when Tom decides to start production of the Jim Thiel Commemorative Edition, all hands on deck ;^) | |
| Thiel Owners He intends to develop upgrade kits for any Thiel products to meet demand. Other original Thiel operatives and myself intend to pitch in to help him succeed. This is awesome! Thanks for posting this, Tom. | |
| Ayre introduces the AX-8 integrated amp The AX-7 was excellent in its price category. I don't know what can better it for less than $5K. The AX-5 is better in every way - more resolution, better bass, more headroom (with the extra power) - but not by as much as the price jump suggests. ... | |
| Thiel is officially closed!! @jafant Thanks! | |
| Ayre introduces the AX-8 integrated amp The original announcement claimed 3 analog inputs (one balanced) https://www.audiostream.com/content/ayre-ax-8-all-onenesI'd forgotten that they said VGT technology in the volume control. I wonder what that will look like at this price point. I ca... | |
| Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK? Integrated amps usually lack the sophisticated preamp circuitry of a good separate preamp. I think you're onto something there. The AX-5 essentially has the KX-R volume control and circuitry. I imagine that has a lot to do with it's superb sound. | |
| Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK? Ayre AX-5 Twenty is exquisite, sounds better than all but a handful of separates I've heard. But you have to use an outboard phono stage. | |
| Thiel Owners @marqmike Thanks for those posts. I think I’ll call Rob Gillum before I proceed. But I do want to look at the crossover to see if it’s a job I’m comfortable with. At a minimum, I’d like to at least take the crossover out at home to save on shippin... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks, Mr. ThielI might pop one open this weekend and see what's involved as a DIY, see if I can find the values on the woofer section. | |
| Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier now that Charlie is gone (RIP), but they have other great minds at Ayre and I know that they had a bunch of other projects that he was working on. According to their newsletter, they will release something like 6 new products this year. I doub... |