jazzman7
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| Thiel Owners @tomthiel the Benchmark gear, both the AHB2 together with their LA4 preamp were given serious consideration. Loved its diminutive size and weight. It was a semi finalist based on it’s form factor alone. It is the one notable class AB amp that I a... | |
| Thiel Owners Wish to thank all the folks on this forum who have assisted me in my long search for a new amp to pair with my CS 2.4s. Special shout outs to jafant, jimob, tomthiel and yyzsantabarbara.After much deliberation, made my choice for a new amp, and p... | |
| Thiel Owners In case anyone is interested, TMR has listed a pair of Thiel CS 2.3 in natural cherry for $1299 + $299 for shipping. Serial# 4740, 4739 Condition listed as 8 out of 10.https://tmraudio.com/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/thiel-cs2-3-floorstand... | |
| Thiel Owners Saturday Audio Exchange in Chicago has a pair of CS 1.2 available for $299 ... local pickup only.http://www.saturdayaudio.com/gear/thiel-cs-12 | |
| Thiel Owners With respect to DACs: my advice is to not get hung up on the chip set. In my opinion, much more important than the particular chip that has been utilized is its implementation, the op amps employed, etc ... Two different manufacturers DACs using... | |
| Thiel Owners In case anyone is interested, TMR has listed a morado pair of CS 3.6 for $1399 + $399 for shipping to contiguous US. Condition listed as 8 out of 10. Serial Number: 3961, 3962 https://tmraudio.com/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/thiel-cs-3-6-f... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthielSome considerations when looking to use a disc spinner as a SACD transport:The PS Audio solution is pretty much limited to coupling their Perfectwave Transport to one of their own DACs via a fairly proprietary I2S connection. It’s an eleg... | |
| Thiel Owners In case anyone is interest, today TMR has listed a pair of CS 2.2 in dark cherry for $1099 + $179 for shipping ... serial# 7697; 7698 ... condition reported as 7 out of 10. https://tmraudio.com/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/thiel-cs2-2-floors... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel With respect to services ... what I’d love to see is a barnstorming tour that would allow you, Rob, or your qualified representatives to service, repair and upgrade Thiel speakers in the field. Could be a potential win win for everybody.... | |
| Thiel Owners In case anyone is interested, the folks over at TMR have listed a walnut pair of Thiel CS 3.6 for $1,330.45 + $399 for shipping.Condition listed as 7 out of 10. Serial#s 3725, 3726 https://tmraudio.com/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/theil-c... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? Fiirst off, there are no wrong answers here. If you like dealing with physical media, or the sound of vinyl, or collecting album covers, whom am I or anyone else to judge. But as for me ... with the exception of an AM/FM tuner I have been all dig... | |
| Thiel Owners Jafant, Tom Thiel, et al.Thought the following might be interesting.I purchased my CS 2.4 speakers from Audio Consultants in April of 2011. They were a pre-owned pair (serial# 2951, 2952) and at time of purchase there were 5 years left on the tran... | |
| Physically connect a Bluesond Node 2i to a downline, stand alone Chord Qutest DAC @hilly230 First off. In general, regardless of source device, bits are never just bits; with respect to the Bluesound Node in particular, some of its flavor is being imparted, even if you are using its digital outputs (it's like there will always... | |
| Physically connect a Bluesond Node 2i to a downline, stand alone Chord Qutest DAC @hilly230 My personal experience with 75 Ohm digital coax cables connecting Node2i to Qutest are limited to Tributaries and Transparent. In both cases those cables are terminated with RCA connectors, using an Audioquest RCA to BNC adapter to mate ... | |
| Physically connect a Bluesond Node 2i to a downline, stand alone Chord Qutest DAC @hilly230My experience with the Bluesound Node2i / Chord Qutest combo is that the Node2i via its analog output using its own DAC produces a polite (some might say forgiving), warm sound that leans to the dark side; by comparison, with the Qutest t... |