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| Best DAC for MacMini Under $1000 I'd look for a preowned DAC3/3VB/2.5 or 1.5 if you liked the Bel Canto sound. I like the 3.5VB II. | |
| I've been gifted a pair of Thiel CS2s I have used Bel Canto REF1000M (Class D) and Electrocompaniet Nemos (A/AB) as well as Plinius SA Reference (A)I thought also heard a friend's Bryston AB amps drive Thiels. The Bryston had better midrange vs the the Bel Cantos. But the Bel Cantos h... | |
| I've been gifted a pair of Thiel CS2s I expect that if the speakers had been given rather than sold, it might have been because there was a sentimental value. A generic brand new sweater wouldn't have that same attachment. | |
| THIEL CS2.7 I had the CS2.4SEs before I got the CS3.7s.I can imagine the CS2.7s with the 3.7-ish coax is a step in the right direction. Should sound great.Thiels are transparent, to a fault. Give it crap and it shows. Because of my Thiels, I ended up getting ... | |
| I've been gifted a pair of Thiel CS2s I've had good results with tube preamps and SS amps (need the grunt to drive Thiels).Have fun with the CS2s first.If it really can't sing in the room, then try the other options: flog them off on Audiogon and get something else. I dunno about sent... | |
| I've been gifted a pair of Thiel CS2s I posted a pic earlier of my friend's 2.4 setup. And it actually sounded better than a number of other 2.4 setups in larger rooms.That's where my money is. | |
| I've been gifted a pair of Thiel CS2s You guys don't get it, do you?He's not BUYING the CS2s.He's been gifted the speakers.It's not like he could ask to swap them for SCSs :) | |
| I've been gifted a pair of Thiel CS2s You know, this was one of the best Thiel CS2.4 setups I have listened to in the past, and it broke all of Thiel's positioning rules :)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/3490701425_db2565b92d.jpg?v=0It was less than 8 feet apart.The guy was workin... | |
| I've been gifted a pair of Thiel CS2s As long as you can sit about 8 feet away from the speakers, I you should be able to get pretty good imaging and phase coherency.My friend used to run 2.4s and 3.7s in a pretty tiny room.Having some room treatment helps too.For those offering sugge... | |
| Rip CD to Mac - basic question I don't know why there's so much anti Apple sentiments around. You use the best tools you have and in my case, that means using Audirvana Plus which is a Mac software and using the free Remote app to control my playlist on the headless Mac Mini. I... | |
| Thiel 2.4s vs 2.4 SE sound quality? Yes, there are good deals to be had for the older 2.4s. I'd recommend getting the 2.4s if you intend to trade up.I still kinda miss my old 2.4SEs (I traded them in for the 3.7s) but I think being the last speaker that Jim Thiel launched, it has a ... | |
| Rip CD to Mac - basic question I prefer to use XLD. It does ripping to AIFF as well but it provides a log/report of the rip so you know if there are errors. (similar to EAC on PC | |
| I've been gifted a pair of Thiel CS2s Don;t worry about too much power. I have used Bel Canto REF1000Ms (1000W into 4 ohms) and Electrocompaniet Nemos (1200W) with my Thiels before. The higher power gives it the headroom to handle fast dyamics where Thiels excel in.I believe Thiel use... | |
| Macbook vs Squeezebox 3 I think by default, Mac OS upsamples everything to what the output interface can handle: which on the DAC might be 24/96Using AudioMIDI Setup to set it to 16/44.1 (same as your ripped CDs) and see if there's an improvement. Also I believe the DAC ... | |
| Thiel 2.4s vs 2.4 SE sound quality? If you can afford it, all reports (including my friends who've heard them) point to the 2.7s being a real step forward.I had the 2.4SEs and to be honest, the improvements were small.But the 2.4SEs to me represented decent value. You could get a si... |