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| Ayre introduces the AX-8 integrated amp OK, I see what informed your opinion, thanks. But, so what? It’s the same chassis because it’s their entry-level line. They have to save money to make it as affordable as possible while maxing performance at the price point (kinda like the plain w... | |
| Thiel Owners I interpreted that as he does all the work in his shop - you have to ship the speaker to him. But I don’t know why you couldn’t instead remove the crossover yourself and send only that to him. Maybe it depends on how comfortable you are removing a... | |
| Thiel Owners FWIW, eBay lists a "crossover upgrade service" for Thiels -- I have not explored this though. Yes, I saw this and exchanged a couple of e-mails with him. Me: I am considering buying Thiel CS2.4s and am curious about your crossover upgrade. What do... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant There is an improvement between the CS 2.4 / CS 2.4SE, believe me, I spent many hours of listening to ensure that nothing was remissed. So, you directly compared the two models? Neither of the webzine reviewers were able to make that co... | |
| More Bad News AT Thiel The new floors standers and the monitor are pretty much gone. They are made to order. Really? There is no info about that on the webpage, nor any listings of dealers for such products. What can still be ordered and how do you find out about it? | |
| Ayre introduces the AX-8 integrated amp @nycjlee I would love to hear your system. I imagine it's awesome! I just went from from 2Ce Sig IIs to Thiel CS2.4SE. I am super happy. There is no audible output below about 30 cycles but the sonics are nearly flawless otherwise. Probably image ... | |
| Thiel Owners Though I would have been interested in a longer conversation with Jim, to draw him out on the subject and see how he may nuance things. Well, I think it's telling that he called the Clarity Caps "boutique" capacitors. That sounds quite condesce... | |
| Ayre introduces the AX-8 integrated amp how do you like the AX-5 ? Can this model upgrade to AX-5 twenty? Holy cow, I freaking love it!The two best amps I've ever heard are the Ayre MX-R and ARC Reference 250. Well, it's more accurate to say that those were the amps in the two best *s... | |
| Ayre introduces the AX-8 integrated amp @hgeifman Yes, I know they announced the QX-8 months ago. It's been long enough ago that I wonder if they've changed any features or scrapped it altogether. I would love a QX-5 but already crunched my budget with the AX-5 last year. I might at le... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof Do you think Jim Thiel was insincere when he told Jeff Fritz: The improved resolution is not the kind of thing that shows up well in measurements; the magnitude of the difference between the CS2.4 and the CS2.4SE is more easily h... | |
| Ayre introduces the AX-8 integrated amp Disappointing to see that so much of the engineering of the integrated is actually the "digital hub" unit. In other words it's the QX-8 with a fairly low powered integrated thrown in to provide an all-in-one lifestyle solution. And *not* the... | |
| Thiel Owners Alternate timeline fantasy . . . What if Kathy Gornik had hired a tweaking engineer ca. 2010. Keep the drivers and cabinets pretty much the same but tweak the crossovers, wiring, and binding posts to the nth degree. Here's @lrsky in ... | |
| Thiel Owners In fact, he is working on becoming the owner/operator, solely, of Thiel Customer Service where our legacy products will continue to receive the care. I figured that was the more realistic scenario, thanks for sharing jafant! Great news, indee... | |
| 5-10k budget... so many choices My very short list at that price range, new, would surely include the Vandersteen Treo CT. But maybe I shouldn't weigh in as my very strong preference is to get the very best two-channel performance my budget will allow. I'd far rather have a a pa... | |
| Thiel Owners good news for you guys Kathy Gornik bought it back for pennies and will resume production of the CS2.4SE and CS3.7?:) |