tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners No apologies required or sought. I am merely shedding light on the back-story because some of you guys are interested. No scab, really, just some story that usually gets politely ignored. Prof - yes, the CS6 and 1.5 were my last products before le... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - there is always more than is obvious behind product development decisions. As I have alluded previously, the company supported Jim's design aspirations. Kathy, the marketing director, supported Jim's design aspirations. Drivers and elect... | |
| Thiel Owners oblgny - I reside in Lake Grove, N. Y. Very close to Stony Brook University. Again, free for pickup only. My travels don't take me to Long Island. Thanks anyhow. | |
| Thiel Owners 31 - regarding your CS5 vs 7.2 query: my considerations would be more strategic than any one aspect of performance. That performance aspect is the type of bass alignment where the CS5 is sealed and therefore produces more coherent bass as it rolls... | |
| Thiel Owners beetle - good advice.Regarding your 2.4SEs, the evidence suggests that the original boards made in Lexington were Masonite PtPoint. Perhaps after Jim's death (2009) Lexington changed to PCBs with the same traditional parts. (I don't know when that... | |
| Thiel Owners oblgny - I am collecting parts for my ongoing upgrade project. The 3.5 is now on the list due to interest. I would like your drivers, etc. Where are you located?Tom | |
| Thiel Owners You guys have been busy while I've been away . . . holco - further investigation has shown that the OX seems to have 3 types. Lex 1 is PtP on Masonite with Solen (etc.) and first-rate ERSE / Jantzen coils. Lex 2 has same high quality components on... | |
| Thiel Owners holco - good judgements, upgrading the signal paths. Coupla comments. Depending on your serial number and if it is Lexington-made and whether or not it is on masonite or a PCB, the .72mH woofer coil may not be the correct value. Details would help... | |
| Thiel Owners jon - indeed a digital device and/or passive preamp is often not robust enough to drive the particular cables and/or input section of the chosen power amp. Active preamps are designed for that chore to ascertain that the signal voltage swings will... | |
| Thiel Owners CoherentSource Service will probably also have carpet spikes, pointed and long enough to penetrate carpet. | |
| Thiel Owners gas - when the dust settles and we have accounted for the differences in effective series resistance of the new caps, coils and so forth, the frequency balance and phase response should be nearly identical to the original design. The improvements ... | |
| Thiel Owners J.A. - such considerations were an integral part of our development projects and accumulated knowledge. Wire effects are subtle and complex, but far from trivial. Yes, I agree that part of Jim's genius was to pay close attention to everything and ... | |
| Thiel Owners My approach is to identify and model exactly what each coil is doing and optimize toward the ideal behavior. That is different than choosing which sound I might prefer. Coils are quite technical in how their electromagnetic fields and therefore tr... | |
| Thiel Owners harry - big southern mansions have their charms. After my time at Thiel Audio I did some installation consulting work which included Bluegrass Horse Farm Manor Houses. The sonic potential of those rooms in those dwellings is a wonder to behold. 19... | |
| Thiel Owners holco - beetlemania and I have combined our resistor inquiry and included some things I know about brands from history. We are convinced that the MRA-12s are our first choice. Part of that choice is their patented technologies and the Aryton-Perry... |