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| Quad ESL 57 with subwoofer I had the Quad ESL 63s and the Gradient dipole sub made for them.To this day the best panel/dynamic speaker blend I've ever heard. Not perfect, but far closer than I've heard since. | |
| Thiel Owners I was moving my 3.7s to make room for the 2.7s I’m getting tomorrow.For the heck of it I set up my old Thiel 02s. For those who don’t know that model, it was before the time/phase coherence - just a regular box speaker, but engineered for a flatte... | |
| VAC vs Conrad Johnson Amps? fjn04Why would you go to a Vac Renaissance, after having owned the Phi 300.1?tubegroover,Thanks for the heads up! | |
| VAC vs Conrad Johnson Amps? Thank you Irsky!Anyone have any idea of the sonic differences between the Phi 300.1and the Phi 200?On one hand my rack space is low and I like the idea of downsizing from 2 monoblock amps to a single amp - though of course I don't want to lose qua... | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? I haven't owned Maggies but I remember immediately being impressed by certain aspects of the sound (they generally sounded great).I'd owned Quad 63 electrostatics and while I was first in love with the transparency and boxless sound - they sounded... | |
| Speaker recommendation for married couple "My speaker were purchased on sound alone."I certainly get that many audiophiles have only that criteria...and the look of many audiophile rooms suggests it ;-)For me, aesthetics plays a role and adds to any experience - whether it's a beautiful o... | |
| Speaker recommendation for married couple My wife won't try to stop me from any particular speaker purchase based on their looks, but she does care how a speaker looks and so do I. My listening room is the front living room of the house and I had originally chosen a decor based on brown ... | |
| VAC vs Conrad Johnson Amps? mechans,I'm investigating the idea of a VAC amp, but not sure I want to make that investment yet, which is why I'm seeking the experience of others. The buy-and-try price is very hefty for us Canadians!I do prefer Thiels on tubes (having heard th... | |
| Is Spiking Necesarry? goeffkait,I've never used that CD. Can you explain what type of tracks it has specifically to help locate the speakers properly? | |
| Thiel Owners frozentundra,Cool. I look forward to hearing my new Thiel 2.7s next weekend.I also have some "ear issues." I played for decades in a very loud band and acquired quite a case of Tinnitus and some hyperacusis (hearing sensitivity) came along for t... | |
| Thiel Owners jeff,Sorry, no system pictures. I don’t know if I’ll ever get around to that. (I think the pictures would look cool because I designed my room carefully/aesthetically for home theater and two channel, while having to be a "nice" looking room since... | |
| Thiel Owners jonandfamily,My own subjective impressions, especially of amplifiers, aren't much use to other people I think. We all have different tastes, different hearing, different criteria; what I hear as uninvolving will be someone else's musical nirvana.... | |
| Thiel Owners "Audio Research preamps ( slightly bleached tone to me)"That is always how Audio Research amps sound to me. From the day I first heard them in the 90's to even today (my pal uses Audio Research amps). There's just this sort of bleached sound - w... | |
| Thiel Owners Is it my imagination...or are there no speaker cables or amplification in that set up?What is Jafant powering the speaker with? | |
| Thiel Owners Jafant,I’m sure you’ve mentioned it in the thread somewhere, but what amplification are you using for your Thiel 2.4s? Did you go solid state or tube?I read through a lengthy thread on another forum about Thiels an amplification and it’s always in... |