tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners TomD - I interpret what you're saying as decoupling the crossover from its environment via optimal tuning, such as the various mass/stiffness springs tend to quiet themselves quickly. That can work, but requires ongoing vigilance since the stiffne... | |
| Thiel Owners CS3.5 update As you know, I've been investigating internal hookup wire this spring and summer. It's been quite a long and winding ride. Among the twists and turns has been learning how some wire configurations interface with other wire configurat... | |
| Thiel Owners Adcom power amp comparisons The two Adcom GFA555s arrived yesterday and I compared them to each other, to the GFA555 II, to Sennheiser HD800S headphones, and to the Benchmark AHB2. Brief report to follow. A fair prior question is ’why’. My prese... | |
| Thiel Owners http://www.audioupgrades.com/upgrades/upgrades.htm Jim works in the professional world. He does this particular Adcom GFA555 because he uses it in his rig. | |
| Thiel Owners The Adcom / Benchmark comparison was a response to trickeydude’s call for a good, inexpensive amp for Thiels. Plus, I have a personal interest in the journey of that GFA555 moniker from a Nelson Pass, simple, low parts count design to a different ... | |
| Thiel Owners harrylavo - from page 235. I spent a couple hours this afternoon comparing the Benchmark AHB-2 to your recommended Adcom GFA555 II. Both amps are bridged, running the same CS1.5 (stock) in mono. I must say that the Adcom acquits itself nicely. Th... | |
| Thiel Owners Rob should be OK. He's in Lexington which is 100 miles west of the trouble, and on a high limestone dome - good surface drainage and underground caves. Plus my daughter in Lexington would tell me if they had problems. | |
| Thiel Owners JA - Here in New Hampshire we have different seasons than the USA. Winter starts in earnest in late December and through January and February we can get 10' of snow (12' in 2015.) Winter transitions to 'sap season' in late February / early March ... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - Things got complicated. I now have 2 matching amps coming this Thursday. I plan to send one to Jim Williams and keep the other for comparison when JW’s comes back. Both can be compared to the GFAII which I have in my stable. JW’s approach is... | |
| Thiel Owners Along with a pair of mic cables with similar specs. Haven't yet put them to the test, but I have reason for high hopes. | |
| Thiel Owners Agreed - since mine came from BJ as an unasked-for bonus. What a treat! | |
| Thiel Owners sdl4 - stock Blue Jeans This cable was sent to me by Iconoclast for evaluation as their best offering from the BAV line, short of Iconoclast. I don't believe it shows up in their stock offerings with RCA terminations. The cable shows up in BJ's S... | |
| Thiel Owners As many of you know, I've been on a wire odyssey this spring and summer. The goal is finalizing internal wire upgrade options. But prior to those trials I have compared my various component and speaker cables to assure myself that I have a neutral... | |
| Thiel Owners thieliste - while you’re waiting for hands-on experience to chime in, I can provide some history. Early-on (1978 model 03) we discovered the deleterious effects of eddy currents, first in steel driver baskets and later in aluminum voice coil form... | |
| Thiel Owners roxy - regarding speaker cables. I've been out of the flow and the shows and the budgets to audition or live with 'serious' cables for some decades. But the first generation predecessors of those 'Black Pearls' from an 80s CES rings clear in my m... |