brayeagle
Responses from brayeagle
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. IMO, it's still active, and will be for quite some time. I dropped out and switched to CDs as the playback heads for my 10.5 reel to reel were no longer being made. Tough decision - - switch to a different make of 10.5s or go to CDs. In retrospec... | |
| Thiel Owners ronkest, Yeah, I’ll be 96 next month. Thank goodness I still have most of my marbles, and my hearing is still much better than the median for my age. My thinking (and beliefs) of what good audio should be was forged in the late 40’s and 50’s when ... | |
| Thiel Owners ronkentThanks, being fully retired I keep my primary 2 channel stereo going for most of the day - - feeding it with classical CDs and a nearby superb classical music FM station. Yes, great music really does help the healing, and playing some of my... | |
| Thiel Owners Finally back online and enjoying all the posts and chatter. Had a very bad fall in March, ended up in the hospital and then rehab. It's so nice to be home again and able to listen to music through my Thiels. Until you've had to listen to nothing b... | |
| Installation of new AC lines......best way to ground to avoid loops and noise My two 20 amp dedicated circuits were installed by a licensed electrician, then checked by the City's Code Inspector. Why? Homeowners Insurance, City requirements, Warranty for the work, and Peace of Mind. I'm a very senior (Old Fud) retired elect... | |
| Thiel Owners jafantAlexandria, Virginia.On the correct side of the Potomac River. George | |
| Thiel Owners jafantOops, the spell-checker god misspelled your nickname! Sorry! | |
| Thiel Owners jayantMany Thanks for the recount of your visit with Michael Burns, and of your impression of the Bryston 4Bc amplifier. It correlates with the views of other individuals whom I trust in the music reproduction arena. I don't have unlimited resourc... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Guess I'm ready to make a fool of myself.Trying to cull my classical CD collection has been a chore. Over the past several decades, my wife and I managed to acquire multiple performances of things we liked - - symphonies, operas, concertos, choral... | |
| Thiel Owners bluestone, As a previous owner of a pair of 3.5s, they do best with a lot of power. I ended up using a Bryston 4B series amp. They're infinite baffle speakers, so for best sound, they need the watts plus the equalizer. Just a thought | |
| Thiel Owners jafantPurchased the 17cubed last October (S/N 215) and ran it about 8 - 10 hours a day through mid-December. I'd guess it settled in after about 280 hours use. Changed to a BP-26 I had bought for my son, and ran it from mid-December through late ... | |
| Thiel Owners jafantStill kicking, and really enjoying the 2.7s and collection of RedBook CDs. I now appreciate the BP17cubed preamp in lieu of either the BP6 or BP-26, especially for operas and chorales. It took a while for the 17 to settle in. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I didn't appreciate Mahler until listening to stereo LPs. I'm new to this group, and probably will make a fool of myself. And, horror upon horrors, I have no particular preference for composers. I was taught music should be judged on its own, an... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant In addition to your own preamp, see if you can get them to use a "settled in" Bryston BP17 cubed preamp with the 4B cubed amplifier. The 17 preamp made a difference with my 4BSST2. Smoother and cleanly-defined upper midrange and highs,... | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel,I listened to both the 3.7 and 2.7 in my dealer's showroom, using several of my own CDs. I'd listened to these CDs over several years with my Thiel 3.5s, so I might have developed a certain mind-set as to what I wanted in a new pair of T... |