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| 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... | |
| Thiel Owners similar to the improvements in beetlemania's 2.4 upgrade. Two years later, I remain of the opinion that these are my last speakers. Compared to the very be$$$t speakers/systems I’ve heard, the list of faults is short:1) no audible output below ~3... | |
| Thiel CS1.6 Has anyone ever substituted a new woofer for the original? Is that $500 what Rob Gillum would charge? That does seem steep. But it seems a tall order to take an off-the-shelf woofer and replace Thiel’s in-house driver. Namely, that opens a can of worms around the crossover. I think you have to bite the bu... | |
| Ayre AX5 Twenty The original AX-5 was a fine amp. The Twenty version sounds even better (it’s in my top 5 ever heard) while being much more tolerant of difficult speakers. Anyone looking at the AX-5 should either get the Twenty version or plan to have an original... | |
| Ayre AX5 Twenty Here are measurements for the Ayre AX-5 Twenty. https://www.hifinews.com/content/ayre-ax-5-twenty-integrated-amplifier-lab-reportThat’s plenty of power for all but a handful of speakers and preferences. Of course, it’s always best to listen in you... | |
| The Most "Analog" CD Player? Oh my word...I guess some posters never opened the op's linkLOL. Gotta say most manufacturers don’t give you a 12” transport in their CDP. | |
| Thiel Owners @thoft I think V-1s were in the range $8-9k when new, depending on the version. So you might find one for about $4k or less? I think Ayre stopped making them shortly after the MX-R was introduced ~15 years ago. But I’ll bet they will still upgrade... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant I thought you already had a Twenty version? |