tom_hankins
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| Replacing Thiel 2.2's, Need Monitor Suggestions Yeah, way to go man! Now that you have the room for floorstanders........Time to upgrade to the 2.4s. | |
| What Happened to Thiel? Kiwi_1282001,it seems that the Thiels are not alone in there rated bass production on high end, high priced speakers. (Kharma, Eggleston, Focal, Merlin, Sonas Faber, and on and on) Offer similar rated speakers in this price range. The bass on the ... | |
| Subwoofer connection question Is there a chance of running into problems if he is using a long interconnect from the "passive preamp"? I know most subs are anywhere from 3 meters(or even more) from the rack. Will the cable lengths make a difference with a passive instead of ac... | |
| Movies that featured High End equipment Watched an old Friends rerun last night and they were putting in a home theatre. Front channel speakers were big Martin Logans. Not sure which ones. | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Thanks Guidocorona. The Krells I am using now also tend to lean a little on the Dark side. this would probably not be an issue for me. I was wondering about them because at this years RMAF they were with Thiel speakers and also A preamp very close... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Has anyone heard, or maybe own the Red dragon Leviathans? I have read two reviews with different opinions of the amps and was wondering if any one out there had some input on the amps. it seems there CES and RMAF rooms sound good. I would love to ... | |
| Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones Sometimes they are a little tough to pull off. grabing them by the connector (not the cable) with needle nose pliers or something along those lines will work. Ive had some pr. that you really have to work to get them loose the first time. Just pul... | |
| front ported speakers with ribbon tweeters? Not sure what kind of money your talking, but for around $1.5K or less used the Legacy-Audio Classics are front ported, full range floorstanders, that use ribbon tweeters. A lot of speaker at there used prices. | |
| Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones Another growing site to check out that seems alot more geared towards the higher end headphone listening is.www.head-case.orgIt and head-fi.org will get you any info on headamps and phones you will need.i have owned two over the top Singlepower am... | |
| Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones Great headphones. Try one of the aftermarket Zu Mobius cables and they get even better. Also the tube headphone amps from Singlepower are very good with the HD650. | |
| Replacing Thiel 2.2's, Need Monitor Suggestions If you want as good or better sound from a moniter, and like the Thiels. I would wait until a pr. of the three-way PCS moniters from Thiel show up used. They go for around $1.5K. Its slightly over your $1K budget...but well worth it. They are very... | |
| Cartridge Suggestion for Scoutmaster / JMW-9 Sig. Dynavector 17D3 | |
| Best Ic`s between Amp-Preamp or Source-Preamp ? The two areas I've noticed the biggest change in my system have been between my turntable and phonostage and my preamp and amp. Both have been more obvious than my cdp>preamp or phono>preamp. | |
| Has Anyone Removed & Replaced the VPI Arm I see on the Music Direct site that they now offer the Superscoutmaster with the 10.5 arm. I also wonder what improvments might be made by moving to the longer arm. Please keep us informed if you make the move. | |
| Thiel 7.2 and the 3.7 Pegasusxls,Without breaking the bank, the (used) Ayre V-1xe amp is wonderful with the Thiels. |