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| Speakers, confusion, any ideas? Let me stick up for Meniscus first, they can build great sounding speakers and nothing they do there is rudimentary. their measurement software I believe is MLSSA or better now.Which is more than adequate.Opalchip has been reading to many magazine... | |
| Thiel 2.3 vs 2.4 My fault Art, we used a number of amplifiers with the 568 and Thiels in an effort to stimulate sales.BATClasseBrystonRowlandprobably everything but a Meridian amplifier :)I realized that we weren't talking about the same thing after I hit submitha... | |
| Thiel 2.3 vs 2.4 Artmaltman,I respect your opinion and agree with everything you say except Your assessment of the Meridian. The Meridian equipment not only has tone controls but it will wipe the floor with any tube pre/CD player you can come up with near its pric... | |
| Thiel 2.3 vs 2.4 I might wait, I only remember liking the Thiel 3.5's, I don't think I've heard a pair since 1990. but my instincts tell me the 2.3 does not offer much more than the 3.5 is giving you already, especially since you spent money to keep the parts new.... | |
| Thiel 2.3 vs 2.4 Sorry I wasn't more diplomatic? 3.5's were great in their day, driver technology limits them today, but I don't know of a 17 yr. old speaker that wouldn't have that problem. I don't know what you guys want, do you want me to pitter patter around t... | |
| Thiel 2.3 vs 2.4 Tim,Everyday at work for three years my job was to present the Thiel 2.3's to the public. I know more about that speaker than you will ever know. I have fixed them, upgraded them, tweaked them heard them in more rooms than I can remember. Got feed... | |
| Thiel 2.3 vs 2.4 McTeague,You pay the price of assuming. If you think a speaker with a 7-9dB dip in the upper midrange on axis, audible breakup noise in the mids, double digit distortion at 90dB at 1 meter and several other malladies as "accurate" well I can see w... | |
| Which pre/pros have high output? We discussed this John :)The way receivers are designed often the preouts are not up to the task due to the input impedance and sensitivity of an outboard amplifier. They have to cut the corners somewhere. :)There is nothing wrong with turning the... | |
| plauged by off center image, am I insane? Its your system or you drive too much with the window down.Just turn off the lights and it will be fixed in an instant. | |
| Thiel 2.3 vs 2.4 2.3 are terrible loudspeakers, pathetic in everyway except for the reputation of the company that made them....and the looks I guess.The 2.4 is more inline with the Thiel reputation in performance and for me refreshingly good. Other than maybe the... | |
| Better SS amp than my Bryston? Get better Maggies, that should be obvious.The itty bitty improvements some of the amp suggestions above could make, why not sell the 1.6Quasi-Ribbon and get some real ribbons. | |
| Anybody blow a ceramic woofer with an OTL amp? "Ralph is interested in the frequency with which this occurs, as he feels it only happens with ceramic woofers, which are much more likely to blow than non-ceramics."Sorry for your loss but the frequency is DC. By the way that is a stock accuton d... | |
| Audio Research vs YBA Well, if your sound is "harsh" with that system these are the reasons;1a. You have some unnecessary power "enhancement" device between the amplifier and the wall outlet.1b. Room Acoustics, including to big a room for the speaker amplifier combo...... | |
| What Do You Get When You Spend Megabucks? "If you concede better bass extension to another system, then how can it truly be SOTA?"Well 10hz for the VSR and 20hz -6 for the Meyer and 25hz -6 for the ATC. We'd have to open the discussion for how much bass extension we need in a speaker syst... | |
| What Do You Get When You Spend Megabucks? "are you really going to argue that it's better than say Lakefrontroad's getup"What do you think? :)Setting the room construction aside.What in your mind sets that system apart from some of the others? I realize you may not have specifics but in g... |