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| Thiel Owners That will be interesting, Tom. The markings on that bypass are “PPT” which I misremembered as polystyrene rather than polypropylene.At this point, I’m inclined to think @marqmike has FST boards rather than Lexington. | |
| Thiel Owners They have black MPT capacitorsAs Tom Thiel wrote, you should post a pic if you want a good answer. Did you mean “MKT”? Those are polyester caps and are likely lower quality than MKP (polypropylene). My FST-sourced OEM boards (China) had CYC brand ... | |
| Ayre DX-7 CD / DVD - Need laser head replaced - anyone know who I can pay to help me? I wonder why Ayre doesn’t know this? More interested in selling you a new one than fixing your old one? Any evidence for that? I’ve seen forum posts from Charles Hansen and Ryan Berry telling customers how to find replacement transports. And their... | |
| Surround speaker setup: disc player or processor? Rebadged Oppo? You have a different definition of that word. There aren’t more than a couple of high end manufacturers that build their own transports. Does that mean they’re all rebadged Sonys? | |
| Thiel Owners @sdecker PM sent@vair68robert As Tom Thiel wrote just days ago, FST PCBs are on fiberglass. Classic Thiel used point to point connections, with leads mechanically twisted before soldering, on Masonite. That is what I have on my hot-rodded CS2.4. | |
| Thiel Owners Did you use ERSE Fiol/Q for all 3 speakers ?I imagine you mean all three boards?The 2.4 uses a mechanical crossover for the tweeter/mid, so only two boards. The coax and woofer boards each have one coil in the direct feed path and those are the on... | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert So, you have installed Cardas hook up wire and compared it to “original” and “new” Thiel? IIRC, @tomthiel said that OEM was sourced from Straightwire (at least for “original” Thiel) but it was never resolved whether my SEs were equip... | |
| Thiel Owners most of the way to these speakers’ potential once I replace the resistors.Super cool that you have Lexington boards and upgraded the coax feeds to ESAs. I am confident you’re getting better SQ than the SE version (FST boards plus SAs on the coax f... | |
| Thiel Owners @jmbumgarner01 Here are CS2.4 crossover access instructions from Rob Gillum: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 pa... | |
| Thiel Owners I bought my CS2.4SEs from TMR. I had a positive experience but the cabinets had more damage than advertised. Not just the usual small scratches but one bottom corner is a bit crushed, suggesting the speaker was once dropped. But they were well pac... | |
| Thiel Owners No, jafant, I don’t have any upgrades planned. I had my Ayre QB-9 upgraded to the Twenty version last year and that might be my final upgrade. My system is really dialed in. In 2019 I was able to hear a reference system and my system only comes up... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant I honestly do not have a full accounting of what I spent but I’m pretty sure it was north of $1000. I mean, I replaced everything except the drivers and cabinets. I have Cardas hookup wire and dual Cardas binding posts, fer-cryin-out-loud!... | |
| Thiel Owners I certainly do not hear a glassy presentation with my Ayre QB-9. But even if the Ayre is guilty of this sonic trait, as you suggest, that is *not* what I heard with the SEs when I first got them. It was a trait not apparent with my Vandersteens or... | |
| Thiel Owners I wish Rob could hear my 2.4s. His upgrades can go a whole ‘nuther level, IMO, given that he is probably only replacing the coax feed caps with the SAs.The SE version also received rave reviews from Enjoy the Music and Ultra Audio. I wonder about ... | |
| My Last CD player I just visited their website and can't see anything with a drawer. I guess it would have to be used.Ayre is supposed to release a new CDP any day, in the 8-series. They talked about it in one of their “pints with Ayre” videos. |