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Best Cheap acoustic wall treatments?
Does anyone have a source for the Owens-Corning 703 material? I haven't seen this at Home Depot. Is it a styrofoam-type sheet, or compressed fiberglass? 
Thiel 3.6's - Stereophile measurements
Hi Jerry (Pops),you have a great memory! You're right, I think that cabling can be used to adjust a system wrt brightness. I had moved up from the 750 to the Oracle V4's, where I began hearing more bass weight and pitch, and more depth, so I would... 
Thiel 3.6's - Stereophile measurements
Tombowlus,thanks very much for your reply- your distinctions are very clear, and I have a much better idea what to listen for when I get to audition the 2.4's. 
Thiel 3.6's - Stereophile measurements
Tombowlus,I was trying to understand better what you meant by the 2.4's having greater focus- do you mean better soundstaging and imaging than the 3.6? I own the 3.6's, but I wouldn't have called them laid back (full, yes). My system also tends t... 
Do you have a dedicated listening room?
Prpixel,I was wondering what you meant by "Carpeted floor that "floats" (room is located above the garage)" . . .I have a similar room that I am converting to a sound room. How did you do the floating? I am thinking of taking some resilient foam r... 
Tube Preamp with PS Audio P300
I have a BAT VK30, which works fine with my PS300. I am also running an Arcam FMJ23 Cd player off of the PS300. 
Sound Anchor Stands...worth the money?
In my case I was very impressed with the Sound Anchors. I have a pair made for the Thiel 3.6 speakers. I started with some Sistrum SP004's. They (compared to the factory spikes) seemed to provide a lot more low-level detail, subtle decay of instr... 
Do tube dampers really work?
I was curious about what sound people were hearing as they were moving their Hal-O tube dampers up and down. There seems to be a classic tradeoff of: thinner bass, more detail, vs. tubbier bass, warmer midrange, less detail. Is that what you've he... 
Amp heat sinks are ringing
To Pmkalby:I received a reply from Armin at Classe, who says"We have done some testing with regards to this concern, and I can tell you that the ringing is Not transposed into the sound from the speakers. It is also very difficult to make the heat... 
Amp heat sinks are ringing
Hi everyone,thanks for your many responses- there are a lot of interesting ideas out there!To answer a few questions:-the amps are on homemade stands (2 3/4" sheets of particle board, screws running through them to provide spiking to the the floor... 
Thiel 2.3 / Musical Fidelity A3cr Power Amp ?
I had the A3CR and Thiel 3.6's. I had upgraded from a McCormack DNA-1 amp- it was definitely a step up in terms of high end extension, delicacy, detail, etc. On the other hand, it was listed as 150w by Audio Advisor but was really closer to 120W i... 
Stands or feet for Thiel 3.6
Thanks to everyone for their great responses.Audiotweak, on the SP-004 stands, do you mount those on the inside of the plinth? The plinth is roughtly 11 wide x 15 deep. The SP-004 seems to be smaller, and the discs you mentioned must take up some ... 
Your experience with Thiel 3.6
I have to agree with everything written above. I have kept these for 9 years while I have upgraded all of my other equipment in phases. I went from a McCormack amp (a bit tubby, indistinct) to Classe CAM 200's (great improvement, better control an...