michaeljbrown
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| Amp recommendations... Definitely be sure the older amps have been recapped. Any of those mentioned would work well for you. I can speak for Krell, as I have a 300 FPB, recently recapped at Krell. You can actually call the Krell factory and verify if a unit has been rec... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Sonus Faber Elipsa, all the better for being driven only by a McIntosh integrated, and a McIntosh CD player. Former benchmark was the Vandersteen 5, with VTL amp & preamp & a Levinson player (Audio Concepts in Houston, RIP)Recently heard t... | |
| New Thiel Speakers - Post Jim Thiel Era So far the "new' Thiel still has the same great Thiel service. I have talked to Tim DeYoung, Gary's replacement at Thiel, and he is very helpful and a really nice guy. I was talking to him about my CS 5's, which I had recently purchased,and he was... | |
| Solving the THIEL CS 5i's - vs- CS 7.2 Debate Moving these monsters around is not something I want to do very often! | |
| Solving the THIEL CS 5i's - vs- CS 7.2 Debate I find that my CS 5's need to be more widely spaced. I think about 10 feet in my room works best, with the back wall 4 ft and side walls more than 2 feet. 10 feet is too close to sit for these as opposed to the 2.4's,which I found to be dialed in ... | |
| Solving the THIEL CS 5i's - vs- CS 7.2 Debate I would love to hear that comparison. I have a pair of CS 5's, with a Krell FPB 300 powering them. The 5's replaced 2.4's. I am enjoying them immensely. Will upgrade cables first, have Transparent mw plus now. Will trade up to a FPB 600 when I can... | |
| Grungy sound with clean needle Thanks to all. Am re-installing cartridge with protractor this time. What the hell, everybody is dumb about something..... | |
| Thinking about finding a 2nd Boulder 500 Its pretty common for Boulder users to bridge the 500. I have a 500AE which was on sale at $1350. It runs my 4 ohm Thiel 2.4's effortlessly. Might sell it if you are interested. | |
| WHAT RECORDINGS MAKE YOUR SYSTEM SHINE? Charley Haden & Pat Metheny, "Blue Missouri Sky"; Jennifer Warnes, "Famous Blue Raincoat" | |
| Need info on amp rec. for these Thiel cs2.4's No. It's a 5 channel beast made by a now defunct company which is still highly respected. I use a Signature EAD Prepro for music and HT which was modded for me by Noble electronics. Very nice sounding stuff at a good price. Haven't cranked up the ... | |
| Need info on amp rec. for these Thiel cs2.4's I am driving my 2.4's with an EAD pm 2000 & have for 4-5 years. I'm pleased with this little amp which goes 750 wpc into 5 ch. Am going to dedicated system with a BoulderAES 500. Looking forward to how this.20 yr old unit will sound! | |
| Review: PS Audio Elite Amplifier Great review. I have fond memories of my Elite plus, which I used for 15 years. I paired it with the original thiels and added a rebuilt merril modded AR turntable and a harman kardon tuner.Gave the entire unit to an old girlfriend when I upgraded... | |
| End of Snell Acoustics? Thanks Triode, I have a good shot at some Type B's, and am selling the 2.3's. I noticed the B's go down to 20HZ? So I can dispense with my thiel ss1 sub? | |
| New used processor to replace Classe' SSP-75??? I have an EAD Theatermaster Signature 8 modified by Greg Palma at Noble Electronics in Fairfield, Iowa. I sent him a used TM Encore and he added 8 analogue pass through inputs as well as other modifications. The sound is outstanding in 2 channel o... | |
| End of Snell Acoustics? Thanks Triode--I wonder how they would compare to my thiel 2.3's which I would be replacing. |