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| Thiel Owners I have bragged about those yellow caps as state of the art, and they were in their dayOh, no! Time to remove the radiator again? Lol I do occasionally wonder about different bypass caps on the CSA coax feeds. We went with Multicaps but, in hindsig... | |
| Thiel Owners Ayre power amps are also a great match with Thiel100My AX-5 Twenty and CS2.4s are singing. Years ago I ran a pair of CS1.6 with the AX-7. Also nice other than I yearned for more bass. And my only experience with the CS7.2 was paired with, I think,... | |
| New DAC, Ayre QX-5 vs Moon 680D, suggestions? Yes, QB-9 has a single USB input. I had mine upgraded to the Twenty version and am super happy, no longer trying to figure out how to afford a QX-5. I use Roon via a NUC to stream Qobuz and play my collection. The only time I wish for a second inp... | |
| Speakers for Ayre AX-7e Small footprint with bass is a tall order! I had an AX-7 for about 15 years. Drove three speakers with them: B&W DM12 monitors, Thiel CS1.6, Vandersteen 2Ce Sig II. Thiels and Vandies are far better than those old B&Ws. The Thiels probably... | |
| Thiel Owners If ultra low distortion is so important for SQ why isn’t Halcro widely regarded as the best ever? | |
| DAC's Made in the USA If you want the best sounding DAC, near your price, get an Ayre Codex. It is the only boy thing they have made in China, but then, it is thousands cheaper than their better gear, and worlds better than Schiit (any flavor)!I am one million percent ... | |
| Owners of Vandersteen 2CE & Ayre Ax7e... I ran an AX-7e into 2Ce Sig IIs for about 7 years. My room is about 18x19 with vaulted ceiling and two large openings on rear wall. I was super happy. I would describe the sound as neutral and detailed. One caution is that the AX-7 is not a good m... | |
| Thiel Owners For those of you with electrolytics in your Thiel crossover (is that all of you except me?), you might watch this new “pints with Ayre” episode:https://youtu.be/gr9u6-ifUXkAround the 22 minute mark, their engineer describes EL lifespan as affected... | |
| Thiel Owners Sorry for the confusing post. Other than the mechanical crossover, the rest of my post was intended as fantasy. And now you clarified that the crossover bit is also imagination.Happy Thanksgiving | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel I recall you also wrote the 7.3 coax would have had a mechanical crossover. Carbon diaphragms, sealed bass and top shelf passive parts would have made for an absolute world beater. | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant No, I haven’t played with the fuses. Until the CS2.4, my tweaks were on the low budget end (mini-sandbox for my TT, cables on wood blocks, and the Ayre IBE disc). With the FST-sourced crossovers, it seemed very likely that an upgrade in pa... | |
| Ayre KX-5/20 & VX-5/20 v AX-5 Twenty Keep in mind that as is often the case with intergrateds, the AX-5 Twenty is not particularly well suited with sub 4 Ohm loads.This is nonsense. Here are measurements of the Twenty version, recently published https://www.hifinews.com/content/ayre-... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant You might be interested to read the new AX-5 Twenty review in Hifi Newshttps://www.hifinews.com/content/ayre-ax-5-twenty-integrated-amplifierOn the bench, it produced 650 W into a 1 load under “dynamic conditions” (I think this similar to ... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant Nice! What amp were you previously using? I imagine you are happy with the SQ. Does it play loud enough for you? Assuming *balanced* connection (please tell me you’re using this and not the RCA connection) and full scale output (common on ... | |
| Wharfedale Elysian 4 Incredible build quality and sound, but made in China. China has essentially no protections for workers or the environment. The electronics manufacturers aren't so bad but speaker manufacturers are terrible. Workers spraying paints and lacquers with no respiratory protections, literally poisoning them... |