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| 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. | |
| Thiel Owners Tom, your post suggests all SE versions are FST. On the ‘net, I found a pic of an SE crossover that looks Lex-ish (but with the Clarity SAs) and a video of Gary Dayton showing an SE crossover that looks neither Lex or FST. I suppose there are one ... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant I would be very surprised if your late production SEs did not have the FST boards. Early units might have Lexington boards, Rob Gillum might be the only person who knows.Read the following knowing that I am an insane person:If you’re going... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi Jafant,It appears you misread my post. I vastly prefer my Tom Thiel designed boards over the FSTs. And it’s been about 15 years since I’ve heard the 2.4s with Lexington boards but, other than the Clarity SAs in the coax feeds, I would take the ... | |
| Thiel Owners Perhaps semantics but I think of electronics responsible for “black backgrounds”. I suppose the analog in the speaker realm is “transparency”.IMO, Thiels are generally very transparent. That was one of the strengths of my 1.6s. That said, I heard ... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! Ayre recommended Cardas to me. As a matter of fact, Ayre cables are actually Cardas manufactured and just a bit different from the branded cables. To ME, the Cardas sounded awfulI’ve been using Cardas in my Ayre system for years and have been s... | |
| Thiel Owners @snbeall Remembered I wrote this post:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/thiel-owners-2/post?highlight=Summarize%2Bclarity&postid=... | |
| Thiel Owners @snbeall I don’t think there is any single page or post that summarizes what I did or why. Relevant posts begin January or February, 2018. I made my final changes about one year later. So, look at pages within that interval, especially posts by To... | |
| Thiel Owners @snbeall Finding a stereo pair of Thiel subs with the appropriate crossover is a tall order. And, yes, lack of amp service is an issue (I think Rob Gillum only services speakers). Finally, the Vandersteen room correction is very appealing (althoug... |