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vair68robert

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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Brasil 66  " Stillness " A & M  Japanese pressing  All the Brasil 66 albums have fantastic recording engineering , it's fortunate that 3 of their releases were pressed by Speakers Corner .    
Can anyone recommend someone who recap crossovers
@diminishedchord Have you sent out your crossovers ? or are you doing them yourself ?  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Jimi Hendrix                 Southern Saturn Delta. sides 4 & 2     
Thiel Owners
Thank you jafant , Happy Fathers Day to you and Thiel owners everywhere . I treated myself to a new LP copy of " All Things Must Pass "  50th anniversary edition and wow does it sound fantastic . Music is for the soul . Rob   
Thiel Owners
https://stereonomono.blogspot.com/2010/09/thiel-model-02-1976.html Info about 02 model  
Can anyone recommend someone who recap crossovers
diminishedchord Since you can remove the crossovers why don't you rebuild them ? You can replace the caps with the same or upgrade as long as they fit , upgrading the resistors will make a big improvement .    
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson  " Very Tall "    
What might a good to great 20uF film/foil capacitor for a woofer.
for caps you might try Clarity CSA  for inductors you could try Solen , 1% tolerance   
Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle
@willgolf  I agree with you on an audiophile circuit breaker , using the audiophile forum I found this https://www.akikoaudio.com/en/products/570-05-akiko-audio-cylindric-fuse-cartridge-english . But I believe that this would mainly or possibly ... 
Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle
  I believe that @mlapenta went with a Furutech outlet based on both the experience and opinions of responders , It would be nice to hear a follow up about his choice .    
McCormack DNA HT3 Amp and Bellari 532 Passive Pre-amp ..Good Match ?
rocky1313 I am using a goldpoint passive preamp with a McCormack DNA-250 amp , I have a Tavish Designs Adagio Tube phono preamp and a Carver SD/A-490t CD player and I love it , no problems but I do have to have the volume up 3 or 4 ( out of 24 )... 
Thiel Owners
jonandfamily sorry about spelling your screen name wrong , 2 things , are you sure it's the speaker ? have you switched them ? when re-soldering have your iron just hot enough to melt the solder , also check the speaker wire soldering . you d... 
Thiel Owners
jomamdfamily since the one tweeter is not working and Rob thinking that it could be a lead wire  you could try to re-solder the wire connection where the speaker cable attaches .        
Thiel Owners
Thanks Until you finish your upgrade project , then you'll have the best bar none . I hope it looks as good as improvedsounds does  .  
Thiel Owners
Thank You Tom There is no need to defend Thiel , I purchased these speakers based on the extremely positive reviews and the overwhelming enthusiastic support from individual owners .   I can say that when New Thiel was bankrupt and selling off s...