vair68robert

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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... 
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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... 
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@duramax747  PM me at rsr no space 921 at  live dot com about CS2.7  
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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... 
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pieper partsconnexion says that the resistors are a few weeks out if you can wait , I had to contact about purchasing 8 Mundorf electrolytic capacitors , so I asked they about your resistors .    
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pieper have you tried Partsconnexion ?  they list that they are in stock .      
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pieper try using parallel resistors  http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-parallel.htm a 20 and a 30 = 12  
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Tom T. & Duramax747 You got me rethinking the shunt circuit on the 2.7 , so I'm sticking with  the 220uf  6% ERSE and the 330uf 10% changing it from a Topmay ? % to an ERSE , I was thinking 2 x 220uf 6% and 110uf 6% . But I will be changin... 
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prof out of curiosity what 5751 tube are you using ?  
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@tomthiel  @duramax747   contact Tom PM ,  he's been of great assistance to me . duramax,  I am now going to wait for the PUR series for the 4 x 1uf caps needed for the tweeter/mid boards , they solve the size dilemma the I was agonizing over , ... 
Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas
Look at  DH Labs pure copper and 2 screws for good physical contact .    
What is your favorite cover?
 middlemass ? I will give the Mark Lanegan's Imitations a listen ,  but he is just one person . POET has a different artist for each song , like Steve Earle , Cowboy Junkies , John Prince , Emmylou Harris , Lucinda Williams , hard to pick just...