tomthiel
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| 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... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - during my 20 years I don't remember any silver in the mix. For one thing, 'wire' wasn't really a thing yet in the early years. And also, we had very little spare cash, and 'wire' seemed over-priced for our sensibilities. The price of silver w... | |
| Thiel Owners jon - thanks for your perspective. I can't say I understand what the naysayers actually object to. | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - the little critter has become a different animal. I began experimenting with the CS2.2 and 3.6 but migrated toward smaller models for practical reasons. I collected a few pairs of 02s to further simplify my learning experiments. I soon lear... | |
| Thiel Owners jon - hyperbolic figure of speech. But, Thiels do require care in setup. A consistent source of the brightness disparagement came from show-goers making judgements from standing in the doorway. Thiels baked-in design constraint requires sitting do... | |
| Thiel Owners I'm having a 555 sent here to compare to the 555 II. Then the 555 goes to JW for upgrade. When it comes home I'll re-compare to the 555 II and let you guys know. I have a pretty good idea how the mkII drives various Thiel models, so I'll develop ... | |
| Thiel Owners JAFANT - In my 20 years, we never had any Adcom in our factory. We were, however, familiar with it since many of our dealers carried it. Jim took the somewhat eccentric stance that it was other peoples' job to deliver 'proper' amplification. His j... | |
| Thiel Owners trickydude - I’ll elaborate a little on Harry’s recommendation. I have and use and concur with him on that Adcom amp. But my experience with it taught me a few things. The original Adcom GFA555 was designed by Nelson Pass, as were many of Adcom’s ... | |
| Thiel Owners thieliste - maybe we should all have a music party at your house to hear what a Thiel speaker can do. | |
| Thiel Owners Tom - that reflection is real. Shielded cable has a ’sound’ due to inward reflection of propagation field effects. Unshielded sounds better when it can be used in benign circumstances. I’m reminded of Thiel’s early electronics. The 01 and 03 gene... | |
| Thiel Owners When replacing a magnetic metal with a non-magnetic material, it's important to understand the function of the part. Often a chassis acts as a Faraday Cage where the entire envelope is engineered as a whole. Sometimes there are electrical value co... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant - Cardas makes heavy claims for its particular American copper mine source. I would suspend judgement based on rumors. We don't know what we don't know. I have gotten more education around wire than I ever thought possible. Verifying claim... |