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Best amp for Thiel 3.6 speakers?
Great speakers, I'm driving mine with a classe ca200, cj preamp, kimber wire - kcag, waiting on some kctg and 8tc. classe offers plenty of power, will drive the thiels as loud as i want to go with no congestion or brightness. One of the previous p... 
Best speakers for 2000-USED
Danheather, nice points, you are so right when you say matching up components...synergy is not easy to achieve. If you achieve it sooner than later then you are lucky. Again, I agree the Thiel 3.6's sound like a good match to me, Say811. One thing... 
Best speakers for 2000-USED
Thiel 3.6's are my favs. They do alot of things exceptionally well, image really well, nice bass, crystal clarity. They are extremely uncolored and put out what you put in. They will rock and acoustic guitar is very immediate and real. Snare drums... 
CLASSE - Great amps or highly flawed?
That review offers no help in deciding if that particular product is worth a chance or audition. It was a lousy review by Martin colloms and done "half-assed" IMO. It was so matter of fact it looked like he had to do it out of punishment. Besides ... 
Kimber Monocle XL
Thanks for the input Mezmo. 
My girlfriend is pissed
Universal problem my man - you gotta be a little slick, hook the system up and let it warm up, do some rollin, then do some listenin. My wife of 22 years has given up - she now tells me she wishes she was a stereo cause the attention would be awes... 
Your opinion on burn in
South 43 - I believe once cables are burned in your done, the only time I worry about it is when I'm on vacation and come back or don't listen for a few days. I'll put a disk on and run it for a few hours. I don't notice any degradation, in fact i... 
John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense"
Remember, there are 3 fundamental structures to be successful in business; production, marketing, and sales. They are interrelated but have different goals. The cable industry is marketing driven. Marketing people will alot of times just pick a nu... 
Mixing Silver and Copper cables -- Good or bad??
I can give you my experience - I have all kimber - silver streak from dac to preamp and kcag from preamp to amp and 8tc to speakers. I don't notice anything but open, airy, dynamic, rich sound with incredible imaging. I personally have stopped tak... 
Help Classe CA300 flashing Green Light
Angela, i've had a ca200 for about 5 years and mine used to do that often and then mysterioulsy hasn't for years. that is the protection circuit kicking on, i'm no techie either but the bias on those amps is very high which can cause it to clip or... 
Suggestions for making SILVER work in system?
Zexxtool - how ya doin. I'm brand new to silver, i've got 2 runs of silver streak, 1 broken in and 1 with about 40 hrs on it and it is amazing. i did switch from mit which could be characterized as opposite. My system is on the warm side - meridia... 
Why aren't these on the "recommended list?"
Nicely said cornfed and so truuue. 
KS-1030 lacks bass - Any suggestions?
just my 2 cents - i have never had any select in my system but have had pbj and silver streak, the ss between by cj pre and classe produces excellent bass. the ss between dac and pre not as much - is aq opal silver? i found it interesting that the... 
Why Can We plug our AMPS directly into wall w/o Worrying?
Baz, i say plug into wall, always worked best for me. I hate power conditioners except for aftermarket cords. Besides, i know you don't want to go thru the hassle or lose a component but homeowners will cover any mishap. Peace. 
Best power cables for Krell?
i'm using BMI EEL on my classe which is high current like krell - beats stock, sr master coupler, and mit z II. great bass, round but tight and very natural sounding - more neutral than the other 3 i mentioned.