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| Thiel Owners vair68robert Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I would think any film cap would be better than the 400uf electrolytic cap that was in there. The large values 220uf and 330uf are tough to find replacements that would fit in t... | |
| Thiel Owners vair68robert, Excuse me if I've missed your comment concerning your XO upgrade. When you changed too 4- 100uf Mundorf caps what improvement did you hear? Very nice speakers. You'd be hard pressed to find a better speaker under 12K that out pe... | |
| Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones What speaker's walls/baffle/floor base is carbon fiber solely. A .030-.050" veneer does not make a speaker carbon fiber nor does a Rosewood veneer make a speaker rosewood. Carbon at a thickness to resemble a wood cabinet would be very brittle in... | |
| Bricasti Model 1 Series II DAC That is the first I've heard this and now I understand. Thanks. | |
| Bricasti Model 1 Series II DAC I seem to be missing something. The M1 Series II is housed in a larger chassis from the previous version. If endusers are getting upgrades to the Series II upgrade level what's missing? From Bricasti "The M1S2 is focused on simplicity of desi... | |
| Thiel Owners Tom, Like most things there are trade offs. The 2.7 are more transparent and dynamic. The 2.4 are more full bodied in comparison. I used different amp on each speaker as they brought a different sonic flavor. My belief is investring in th... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant, The 2.7 is a gem also. The 2.4 and 2.7 sound very different. So having both is a great option if you can get two separate rooms fitted. Tom, I was referencing "cost nothing" doing the soldering/pigtail not the Electra outputs. The El... | |
| Thiel Owners Tom, At first look I thought they where a brass cylinder. then realized they were copper I watched the video. This would seem a much better option than any binding post out there. On 2.4 (SE) you would need 3 per speaker for each driver. If m... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant, Well I'm game. I'm willing to take the SE to where Tom believes it can go. Outboards, internal wiring, top level caps and resistors, binding posts, internal cabinet mods if needed. If there was a way to eliminate the binding posts I would... | |
| Thiel Owners I wish there were other choices like other Thiel's but I guess thats what makes them distinctively an SE. Of all the speakers ever made, this speaker comes to the forefront as an incredible bargin for the level of musical enjoyment it puts out. ... | |
| Thiel Owners Jafant, What are your thoughts on the red stained birds eye maple finish on the CS 2.4SE? My understanding on the serial # is it does not matter how low the number is as the internal xover boards are the same as the higher numbered CS 2.4. Y... | |
| Dedicated power circuits ditusa, Your installation is almost identical with mine. I'm running 10/3 MC 240v. A 20 amp circuit dedicated to each mono block, 20 amp circuit for pre amp, and a 20 amp circuit for digital. All galvanized gang boxes. | |
| Thiel Owners jafant, I know members of this disciussion are good honest people and need to be aware of the pitfalls and look to see if there is water in the pool before diving off the board. That pair is going to take work to remove that paint and apply a pr... | |
| Thiel Owners The 2.4 on reverb has not been painted by Thiel so approach with caution. If one was paint Thiel speakers I would think they would preserve the legendary Thiel look. Painting the black baffles white like the rest of the speaker is not a good look... | |
| GNSC UPGRADES TO WADIA 9 audiojoy4, Yes there were GNSC upgrades to the 9 series. As rja staes they used Blackgates. That DAC is still world class so improving it with upgrades will be worthwhile. |