beetlemania
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| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? Can you live with your current speaker until you die? Yes and I plan to do just that. I have Thiel CS2.4 SEs and I upgraded every part save the drivers and cabinets. I haven't heard everything but from what I *have* heard I think I would need to... | |
| Ayre KV-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1 Hansen used to acknowledge, on the forums, the influence John Curl had on his designs. But I don't know that Curl ever pursued zero feedback as a design goal. | |
| Ayre KV-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1 Wait, you have all this gear on hand and you are asking us?The JC-1 is more powerful but the Ayre is a zero feedback design and is probably a better sonic match for your other gear. There is only one way to find out which your ears prefer, no? | |
| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? Listen to a zero-feedback design. Close, if not quite matching, SET sound but also with advantages in bass control. Ayre and Aesthetix are in this category (altho the Aesthetix is a hybrid). | |
| Integrated Amp $1200 or less I could be swayed into spending a little more if I can get alot more performance.I’m looking for more refinement. Ayre AX-7e. There's one now on A'gon, seller is asking $1425. | |
| Thiel Owners @cascadesphil I cannot imagine modifying the filters for the CS3.7 (really, any speaker but especially first order designs) based on John Atkinson’s quasi-anechoic measurements! That’s whack. I actually exchanged messages with that ebayer (his eba... | |
| Brand new Vandersteen Model 2's So true, Ayre, ARC, and Aesthetix are exquisite with Vandersteen and Thiel. Not heard Brinkman. | |
| Thiel Owners Cool history regarding Dave Gordon! I’m an A-hole: my favorite electronics are Ayre, Aesthetix, and ARC. | |
| Brand new Vandersteen Model 2's Folks just don't realize how great capacitors can make such a difference. Absolutely. I have first-hand experience with this as I replaced *all* parts in my Thiel CS2.4 SE except the drivers and cabinets. Heck, I even heard a small but meaningfu... | |
| Thiel Owners @stspur I don’t think you’re going to find a 630V EL. If you’re swapping for fresh ELs just match the voltage rating. The high voltage *film* caps are for critical feed path placement in which higher voltage = thicker film = better sound. Now, if ... | |
| Thiel Owners @stspur The “S” are probably Solens. Those were probably pretty good for their time but the Claritys should be notably better. Pretty cool to see “Thiel” on those resistors just like Tom wrote. Still, I would upgrade those to MRAs, especially if ... | |
| Brand new Vandersteen Model 2's Vandersteen makes running changes to models without changing the name (other manufacturers also do this, eg, Ayre). The 2Ce Sig II got a new midrange driver circa 2012 that was unannounced and I think RV made one or two other changes before the Si... | |
| Vandersteens on active speakers and room correction "Above 150Hz", he said there is nothing that can becompared with using high quality capacitors and air coil inductors. That sounds credible to me and I have no interest in active speakers other than I *am* curious to hear the Dutch & Dutch. | |
| Diminishing Returns Fair Enough, just depends on where/how you define “diminishing returns”. To restate my point, the Vandy 2 is a great value and reaching for the newest iteration within your budget will be rewarded even if the returns are diminishing. | |
| Diminishing Returns I think you would be hard pressed to get any other speaker the quality of the 2CE’s Sig I’s for that little Vandersteen model 2 is, IMO, an all-time best value in high end audio. Get the most recent iteration you can afford (it is frequently upg... |