vair68robert

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Speakers Corner Releases - Any Good
So far I love everyone I have and will purchase this labels releasesin the future . 
A solid tube photo stage around 1500
@simao I learned about Tavish Designs from reading Sterophile ,Herb Reichert uses it as his reference phono preamp .Reviewed 6/1/2016 . 
A solid tube photo stage around 1500
Look into Tavish Design Adagio ,tube only for high output with step-up transformers for MC .It took me 2 years to make up my mind on which phono preto go with and like you want and wallet doesn't always coincide .Guess I'm to late with my advise . 
Rebuilding Power Amplifier(s)
The best pointers I can give is to measure the components on the boardand know the measurements of the new upgrade components .And don't change any values . . 
Blue Jean/Belden LC 1
jetterCardas makes it's own wire with it's own copper foundery , somewhere in New England . 
Upgrading from Thiel 2.7 to Sonus Faber or Focal???
samzx12I apologize for assuming that you haven't tried tube rolling .My enthusiasm for the Thiel 2.7 speakers is something that I can't hide .Have you tried a 12bh7 or 12av7 tube inplace of the 12au7 ?Try asking the question about improving bass r... 
Upgrading from Thiel 2.7 to Sonus Faber or Focal???
As an owner of Thiel CS2.7 speakers I can understand why you feel that there isn't enough bass but It is not the speakers .Your room and it's treatment will have a lot to do with any speaker and as suggested TUBES , yes your tubes play a large par... 
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TomAbout your hunch concerning dry and moist air and sizzle sound ,I have noticed that everything sounds smoother and sweeter when it's raining or high humidity, so you might be on to something .I always suspected it had something to do with the t... 
Audiophile AC Outlets
A friend and myself did a shootout plugging my amp into a double ( ! ) cryro'd hospital grade , a lower grade Pangea ,a P.S. Audio PPC and an Audioquest NRG Edison which was the winner .We to our ears we defiantly heard differences . So depending ... 
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TomHave you ever considered writing a book about Jim and the Thiel speaker company ? 
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unsoundyyzsantabarbara got me thinking,Tom wrote" In a 15' wide space, I would rather have 6' between speakers with 4.5' to side walls, than to have 8' between and only 3.5 aside . "that got me trying .Since owning these speakers I've been stubbor... 
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yyzsantabarbara As unsound pointed out previous Thiels were laminate ,my 2.7's are laminate but to assure yourself remove the coaxial speaker and look at the inside of the cabinet .At the same time take the passive readiator out and if you have a ... 
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dsperTry moving your speakers closer together to 8 feet apart and maybe experiment with moving your seat closer .Rob 
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yyzsantabarbara"The vertical bi-amp will not work with the Thiel CS3.7 since it only has 1 set of speaker inputs."Check out bettlemania's system on the virtual systems ,he bi-wired his 2.4's . So with a little drilling and soldering you can have b... 
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yysantabarbaraNice catch or should I say good ears ,but strange because the coax speakers polarity are clearly markedwith the red and black wires going from the solder pad to the speaker ,and  if the crossover is like the 2.7 the negative / black ...