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| Need advice/opinion in choosing Vandy 2ci or Thiel 1.5 While I ultimately much prefer the Vandy 2’s to the Vandy1’s, @audionoobie is spot on regarding the Vandy 2’s being too big for such a small room. | |
| Threshold T-200. Help me choose a preamplifier Interestingly, at one point in time Jeff Rowland subscribed to a rather unique perspective that pres and amps should be connected via a power transfer that eschewed the standard 10 to 1 typical impedance transfer. I think he later abandoned that c... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? It would seem to me that attenuation would be best implemented remotely at the input of the amplification stage and all other control duties be placed further upstream. | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel, I think with the advancements in digital technology many might soon find traditional preamps superfluous. Wouldn’t such “leaky” cabinets compromise time integrity? | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @roxy54, To each his own. I really do believe that for the most part we hear similarly, but often do listen differently, Enjoy! | |
| Need advice/opinion in choosing Vandy 2ci or Thiel 1.5 There's still support available for Thiel Audio loudspeakers: Coherent Source Service – Specializing in repair and restoration of THIEL Loudspeakers | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? ^Success often does breed contempt. | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @roxy54 , Let me start by saying that I don’t hate McIntosh. There’s a lot to say for McIntosh:The good: All of the high-end owes a debt of gratitude to McIntosh. In the early days of “HiFi”, when that meant something, they toured and demonstrate... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel, I’m glad your trip was fruitful. Hopefully we’ve found a resource to help further the Thiel legacy. I’m truly excited by the eq projects. The more I think about your earlier posts about making the Thiel’s cross-overs external; the mo... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @roxy54, Yes. I answered the OP’s question. And while I don’t care for the Mc sound, I don’t want to just keep dumping on them. I think I’ve said enough. | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @roxy54 , Your points have merit. But, the only practical advantages were over 50 years ago when in the early days of ss amplification transistors weren’t very durable. Those days are long gone. Autoformers in ss amps for the last 50 years only se... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @roxy54 , 50 years is about the amount of time that transistors have been around as perhaps the most rugged of output devices. Other than one particular, rather unique First Watt ss amp that uses autoformers at the input rather than the output al ... | |
| Need advice/opinion in choosing Vandy 2ci or Thiel 1.5 The Vandy 2’s are more room sensitive, the Thiel 1.5’s more amplifier sensitive. These Vandy’s have deeper, but less articulate bass response. Other than that it’s just a matter of personal preference. | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? So many of my thoughts have already been posted, but as one not particularly interested in tube gear, let me add that IMHO using autoformers in modern ss amps is just stupid. | |
| Thiel Owners @ctsooner , I couldn’t agree more, but it’s curious how many that don’t appreciate the time coherence assume that there wouldn’t be cross appreciation of the brands by the owners of each. I regularly read of people that have or do own both. FWIW, ... |