sgmlaw
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| Thiel Owners Prof, welcome to the final destination on the ride.Been there, done that. Could have bought cars over what was spent. Now my system is a lot like yours, beautiful, ever-present and faithful Thiels, fed by a big warm Classe, with a 58 year old tu... | |
| Thiel Owners Mr. Beetle - I have routinely used Mills wirewounds in my own crossover rebuilds and upgrades over the years. And they have routinely been an improvement in nearly every instance. I am glad that your experience has confirmed my own. They are quite... | |
| Thiel Owners I understood you, Tom.I am somewhat flabbergasted that any Chinese elements were ever used in a Thiel Audio product. You certainly have your work cut out for you. I wish you and Rob every success. | |
| Thiel Owners Tom, I noticed in one of your recent posts concerning internal wiring that Jim settled on 18 awg solid core.I find the decision for 18 gauge very interesting. Bell Labs and NBS research culminating in the early 1930s determined 18 gauge the optim... | |
| Thiel Owners This is outstanding information, Tom. Many thanks.I was aware of the Solens that the crossovers were often fitted with. Can you add anything as to the electrolytics Thiel has used over the years? I say this because typically electrolytics do hav... | |
| Thiel Owners I just wanted to circle back and add this, as I noticed a few folks are connecting their Classe amps to switched power conditioners, either for convenience, or because it may sound better to do so.In my opinion (so keep it in context), putting any... | |
| Thiel Owners Todd, I run the CA-301. Running unbridged, it is plenty enough for a 3 Series as long as you don’t try to fill a stadium with it. Mine only have to fill a 600 sq ft listening room, and they can go as loud as I can tolerate. And then some more.T... | |
| Thiel Owners Got your pm. Recapping won’t add watts, per se. But it will stiffen up the power supply rails back to specifications so that they won’t sag as much under a heavy or sustained load. Capacitance on the filters can start to fade a little after a c... | |
| Thiel Owners Keep that Classe, kdross. I've run a Thiel/Classe pairing for over two decades now. And you cannot better it. Believe me, I've tried. The electrical and timbral match is perfect. The closest on tone was a big Threshold, but it lacked the dyn... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Some elements of the CX2 topology can be found in the X-202 and C series receivers. But no preamp section in the integrateds and receivers is the same as the CX2 (not even the X-1000). More importantly, none sounds as sweet and musical. The CX2 is... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Volleyguy, Stereophile tends to like items that you can buy new in a salon. They are not going to recommend a harder to find, vintage production tube that is generally only available used. The EH 7591A is a "nice" output, better than the JJ in my ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I did hit one wrong key above. The 6BQ5 is obviously the output referred to above. Good luck finding a "6BQ6". | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I will chime in here very late to the OP. While I have enjoyed the interesting discourse about the high end capacitors, I think you would be very surprised to find out what is typically in the Fisher tube instrument that is feeding the whole thing... | |
| Hubbell hospital grade outlets w/ surge protection I've not found simple MOV-based surge and spike protection to affect current draw with my system. Some power cords do offer basic spike and surge protection (MIT and Tice come to mind) and I tend to use these straight into a P&S hospital grade... | |
| Nad or Jolida....That is the question...? You are correct, Pls1. I was thinking of the all-tube 502 series, which I would still take over the current NADs. I don't normally associate Jolidas with hybrids, but I guess they now make them too. As did Luxman and does Anthem. But if you can li... |