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| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? @ronboco I like them both in their own way. The Thiels sound clear and detailed, but bigger richer and thicker with more focused, dense imaging. Also a bit more authority in the sound and bass The choice of audio perspectives so... | |
| RaidHo C1.1 vs Focal Diablo Utopia @kfuller3 As it happens a few years back when I was doing a big speaker search I auditioned both the Focal Diablo Utopia speakers and the Raidho C 1.2 They were in the same store. I wrote about my impressions of the Raidho here: http... | |
| Thiel Owners By the way, I just stumbled on this old video on YouTube: Thiel’s Kathy Gornik talking about the virtues of free trade. It’s a section from a larger interview with her. It sure seems to be relevant again in the current world situation: ht... | |
| Thiel Owners @ig316b Wow, those Thiel cs6 were quite a find! Congratulations ! I had the cs6 in my home for quite a while when they came out and they were incredible. The best loudspeaker I’ve ever had in my room up to that point and still one of... | |
| Subjective vs. objective? Or subjective and objective? Ugh. I have a hard time watching Dannie. he’s fine with objective And measure measurements, Until they Can’t verify the claims he uses to sell cables, And then measurements aren’t good enough. Conveniently | |
| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? The crossover is in my speakers are good enough so that they sound amazing! I’m using Joseph audio perspective 2s and Thiel 2.7s. There’s always been a certain section of audiophiles who believe “ the less parts the better.” But that just ... | |
| What does the audio term 'air' mean? When can talk about frequencies associated with what many people might call “air” but for me it comes down to a type of perception and not necessarily a particular frequency range. Because I’ve heard some speakers that don’t go stratosphericall... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks for the info Tom! | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel Thanks for the notice about the change at CSS. And it reminds me that I meant to ask Rob for something and never got around to it. Not long after I purchased the 2.7s I purchased backup drivers from Rob - the coaxial, ... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @markalarsen Wow, just looked that model up (They have so many). Beautiful! How did you settle on that particular model? Looks like our vinyl rigs Are pretty similar. How does your Vinyl sound? | |
| Loudspeaker designer/manufacturer John DeVore shows reviewer Ken Micallef his system. Ok thanks! | |
| Loudspeaker designer/manufacturer John DeVore shows reviewer Ken Micallef his system. @clio09 thanks for the information about the tube stock. I am in CANADA so I presume they would still be the 25% tariff slapped on by Canada. Plus, financially, I’m not in a place to order the tubes at the moment. But it’s good to know th... | |
| Loudspeaker designer/manufacturer John DeVore shows reviewer Ken Micallef his system. Love Devore speakers! Also, I am using RAM’s “ Super low noise” 5751 input tubes for my CJ premiere 12s And they are incredible. Definitely the cleanest signal I have heard from the amplifiers. I also really wanted to try the RAM Super low n... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @markalarsen Which transporter turntable did you buy? I own a Transrotor Bob S turntable, With an acoustic solid 12 inch arm And a Benz micro ebony L cartridge. I couldn’t be happier…Truly, my endgame turntable, and a pride of my system... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I’m done. I am 61 and spent a very zealous 30 years in the hobby, obsessed as any other audiophile. Life circumstances mean that I can no longer devote funds or more effort to this hobby. But ultimately, the timing is good because I’d ... |