jazzman7

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Thiel Owners
Fyi.  In case anyone is interested.  Saturday Audio Exchange in Chicago has listed a pair of CS 7 speakers in rosewood finish for $2,199. 
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Simon Zreczny, the owner of Audio Consultants, had a 52 year run, having opened in 1967.  Of note to this group is that they started with Thiel in 1981 and were for all intents and purposes the hub of the Thiel community in the Chicago area. The... 
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Sad news.  Just received email from Audio Consultants (long time Chicago area dealer located in Evanston) that they will be closing their doors on December 21st. 
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Tom Thiel,Very cool!  You are most welcome ... glad I could be of service. 
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bighempin,Thank you!I very much like your setup as well. A big thumbs up!.  Your 3 daughters are very lucky. 
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jafant,I'm very happy with the Kimber/Transparent combo.  Upgraded to Kimber Hero XLR from RCA interconnects in 2013 and it was a nice upgrade.Then a couple years ago my dealer had a used demo pair of Transparent Music Wave Super Gen MM available ... 
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George,I purchased my BP20 back in 2004 (pre owned but purchased from an authorized Bryston dealer, Audio Consultants in Evanston, IL); and it came with the MPS-1 power supply and cable that I've been using to this day.  
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In case anyone is interested, I just posted pictures of my system to Virtual Systems. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8156 Comments welcome. 
Thiel Owners
Just an fyi that TMR has listed a pair of CS 1.5s in Dark Cherry for $699.  Condition was listed as 7 out of 10 with some visible scuffs and nicks. 
Question on my DAC
If you were to play true high res offering from either Amazon HD or from Deezer, you would see the Bryston DAC lock in at something greater than 44.1 kHz.   So for example, if you were to play MQA offering from Tidal via your Bluesound Vault, you ... 
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TMR just listed a pair of teak CS 3.6 for $1499.   Described by TMR as 7 out of 10. 
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Question ..... would you be able to fit a straw through the cage that covers the tweeter? 
A moderate priced dac
I can highly recommend the Bryston BDA-1 in your price range. Used Bryston BDA-1s are currently going for $500-$700.   This was a $2000 piece when it first came out some 10 years ago and is still capable of delivering quality sound.  I had one in ... 
Streamer choices and help
You may wish to consider the use of powerline ethernet adapters as a way of getting a wired connection to all of your streamers.  In my own house, I found that this solution made for better SQ than going the wifi route with my Bluesound Nodes.  Ju... 
Curious USB cable VS. Wireworld Platinum Starlight 7 USB cable
Can't speak to the Wireworld cable.   But I do have and enjoy the Curious USB, and have it sitting between a Melco N1A and a Chord Qutest.  I can attest that the Curious cable requires a considerable amount of break in.I am very happy with the com...