vair68robert
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| Thiel Owners " Blue Printed " As a DIYer I can tell you that it is impossible for me to "blue print " my crossover boards , but I can and have been able to " balance " them . To truly blue print a board one must have a box full of each component in order to... | |
| Best company to mod your gear? ayfuller Does atoll-electronigue offer an upgrade to the SE model ? If not I'd suggest selling and finding a SE version , after looking at the images of the inside there isn't much room and moving up to the SE would probably be less expensive , ... | |
| Thiel Owners @dmac67 CS3.6 speakers are a good choice and a bargain at that price but I would be asking Tom his opinion about the fact that the tweeters and midrange speakers were replaced before you buy . | |
| 12x7 tubes Brent Jessee is a great source , Tubemonger is another one , I replaced 3 RCA black plate 5751's with " slovakian " 12ax7's ( ecc803s ) in my phono preamp , Love Them . The gain of a 5751 is 70% of a 12ax7 but you don't hear 70% less , the d... | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle bigtwin My point is that I conducted a hearing shootout and heard a difference , some equipment is easier to do a/b or a/b/c/d testing . Using an electrical box that holds 4 outlets made the experiment easy , I've done hearing experiments with f... | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle My gut feeling is no one would be able to hear the difference between a $3 standard house outlet and a $300 audiophile plug. Just saying......"bigtwin" If you had read my 1st post you would have learned that I heard a difference when testing 4 d... | |
| Thiel Owners bobscliff check out speakerworks they have a good video on repairing speakers . big_greg. I have a Merrill Heirloom TT with an outer clamping ring and I think it makes a big difference , I am surprised that there aren't more TTs with either an... | |
| Thiel Owners @big_greg You have a lot more experience with equipment than I will ever have , but your thoughts about the phono stage is something I can totally agree with . Does your Sota have the vacuum hold down ? My experience is with MM cartridges only ... | |
| Thiel Owners big_greg I'll partially agree with you on the highs using vinyl but I don't fault the speakers , there are some " rock " albums from the mid/late -sixties that can sound awful . I have not noticed " brightness " in Classical or Jazz or Folk mus... | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle I use the Audioquest NRG Edison receptacle made of beryllium copper. "Audioguy85" I use Cardas AC outlets. "robert53". Both are as god as and $100 less than Furutech and Oyaide . Piss your money away. Hospital grade is all you need. "jerry... | |
| Thiel Owners Funny side note I was looking at HiFi equipment sales in Portland Oregon and at Fred's sound of music they still have Thiel Audio listed under New Components ! | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets imaninatural You have received a lot of good advice , but I'll still add my 2 cents worth . Start with finding everything that is on the circuit that your system is on , then you should at least replace the outlet (s) that your system is on wit... | |
| Thiel Owners @duramax747 PM me at rsr no space 921 at live dot com about CS2.7 | |
| Thiel Owners I posted an image of my upgrade 2.7 woofer board , tag = Thiel scrolled down almost the last system . I'd say that I am hearing a more forceful and/or quicker low end , one that doesn't weaken or roll off as it goes lower . A lot of work and th... | |
| BIC Venturi fans? BIC Venturi 6 speakers , Dual 1229 turntable , Ampex cassette player , Sony 85 watt receiver . The first system I put together , about $1600 mid 70's The speakers played in many different positions , on rubber matts, on bricks , outdoors dur... |