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| Thiel Owners jafant - I would suppose he has everything, but please check with Rob and let us know. I believe the 7.2 shares its high coax with the 2.3 and the other drivers were Thiel design and in-house manufacture. | |
| Thiel Owners Awhile back, Rob told me that 7.2s "never" come up for sale and "almost always" are still owned by the original purchaser; as well as "most" CS7s were upgraded to 7.2 status with new Thiel drivers and XO modifications. Seems like they're keepers. ... | |
| Thiel Owners SDL4 - Thanks for the tip. I have not gotten my mind around power cords except in one way. My Electromagnetic Field Meter registers large and variable EMF fields around all the equipment. It seems possible that shielding those fields via a shielde... | |
| Thiel Owners ronkent and sdl4 - thanks for your feedback. I'm getting one and will let you know what it does in my system. | |
| Thiel Owners Guys - I would like to hear your opinions regarding the PS Stellar Gain Cell Pre and DAC for possible purchase as an affordable alternative to my sole Classé DR-6 preamp. Among my requirements of detail and so forth is that neutrality is very impo... | |
| Thiel Owners Clear and Beetle - thanks for the good question and the excellent answer and sorry to compress both into such a short two-word summary "radical divergence". | |
| Thiel Owners Todd - I can't answer that question due to the radical divergence of individual needs. Big room and/or loud level can magnify power requirements by large multiples.That said, unlike other circuit topologies, the power stays absolutely clean until ... | |
| Thiel Owners Arvincastro - my comments might be from left field, since I don't have much direct comparison to hi fi gear. For my work upgrading classic Thiels, I wanted 3 dissimilar amps for cross-checking upgrades. My main amps are Classe DR-6 pre and a pair ... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - my personal AHA moment was somewhere around 1981, possibly with the introduction of the original CS3 at Chicago CES. We used Tim DeParavicini's Esoteric Audio Research pre and power amp. I was dumbfounded. Jim dismissed the pluses because h... | |
| Thiel Owners Jafant and Prof - I don't know if it is well known that Thiel and CJ had a very close relationship to the extent of many visits as well as trade of equipment, ideas and methodologies. We used each others' equipment both publicly and privately as w... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - I only saw the setup in the factory and did not witness a demonstration. But John's explanation did not include a blind component, rather it was a live vs recorded comparison tool. The "band" would play and be recorded live to listeners, an... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - I saw his live vs recorded setup, although never witnessed a test. His large anechoic chamber had one wall that opened onto a larger space. The combined space had a pair of speakers set-up and could accommodate a chamber or jazz ensemble po... | |
| Thiel Owners Thosb - Since you haven't gotten a response to your Dunlavy / Thiel query, I'll throw in some observations. I have not directly compared the two brands, but I do have some experience with Dunlavy which might be relevant. In my consulting work afte... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetle - I took your advice and ordered Cardas internal wire, same as yours. Not yet had the opportunity to compare. Thanks for the nudge. | |
| Thiel Owners thosb - vertical lobing is a central draw-back from first order crossovers. Your ear must be at the right height to receive proper integration. The closer to the speaker, the more critical is the correct spot. Target design was 35" at greater than... |