tomic601
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Got my live edge walnut slab back from the wood dudes today, HRS spring / isolators are next. Will post a pic in Casa Pacifica system photos... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Levi Parham - These American Blues | |
| Thiel Owners Just a reminder I do have and greatly appreciate my 2.3 + in Cherry - articulate and musical | |
| Thiel Owners Tom - building his own composite airplane led Richard to Balsa and it’s the lightweight stuff with sattelite grade carbon fiber - the tough stuff is end grain bonding in a lightweight resin fiber layup. For background I don’t know the secret and I... | |
| Vandersteen 2c vs Thiel CS2 I think parts go thru dealers but repairs direct to Vandersteen. Who is your local dealer ?bestjim | |
| Line Magnetic 518 + Piano, special? Fellow local Audiogon member hauled his 518 over to my place to run 86 db Vandersteen Treo CT - he was considering- very relaxed and natural sounding amplifier rich in harmonic overtones - lovely sustain. Certainly not the last word in SPL but wo... | |
| Vandersteen 2c vs Thiel CS2 Those are the older stands but quite good with the Hilti carpet spikes. Lots of changes and upgrades since that circa Model 2c.... but they dna and bones are all there :-) iF you want to change sock colors, others are available- have fun, enjoy | |
| Thiel Owners ..... but in the end, it matters - the Vandersteen Carbon drivers are matched to .5 db or better in the chamber | |
| Thiel Owners I would spend more time on target impulse response and driver breakup and then the cabinet... then low frequency interactions with room, then high passing the mid bass on up ... and then worrying that last db here or there in frequency response...... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant can you post or pm the link w Vandersteen | |
| Does the 'Buck' Start with the DAC? What a lovely thread David :-) what audiogon could and should be !As a dark science devotee, and hard core math dude - most Economists are, I await a new law to replace diminishing returns...but, while we wait, let’s listen to fantastic music !yes... | |
| Set-up with two subs and an integrated amp But it of course also leaves out the more delicate yet important surgery of high passing the amp, which if done right ( integrated w sub XO slope ) will yield incredible sonics....in which case, I would pick a Vandersteen sub or two | |
| Set-up with two subs and an integrated amp Maybe....the OP states he owns the LM.sometimes it is useful to ask a ? Or three before leaping...so Dave the OP do you own the 2 subs yet ?btw I prefer the 993 in Euro trim Adventurine Green a switchblade to the 996 X-50 Machine gun | |
| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment Thirty large is like a cheeseburger to some and yet they still covet the next guy, his yacht, his golf club, his defunct Casino or maybe even his third wife.Not knocking aspirations, have some myself.Don't Worrybe happy | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Dead - American Beauty |