vair68robert

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Thiel Owners
Tom As always your knowledge continues to educate and guide us in our appreciation for the work that Jim and the Thiel staff created . As for the higher than 100uf capacitors used on the 2.7s crossovers , I have been able to fit 4 x 100uf caps r... 
Thiel Owners
Awhile back there was discussions about adding a resistor in series with both the tweeter and mid-range speakers on the 2.7 coax speaker .   I was communicating with Rob and he suggested using a 2.5 ohm resistor and had heard that 2.7 ohm sounded... 
What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ?
earlier I wrote about the most expensive " Record " that I purchased  but since the MFSL Beatles box set was just mentioned I have to say  I Bid $201 dollars on e-Bay for a 1979 Japanese release of the Beatles Collection never thinking I would w... 
What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ?
$135 used , CLASSIC RECORDS 4 single sided 45rpm 200 gram David Crosby's  " If I Could Only Remember My Name "   
Digital LP’s
Interesting question .  I have replaced a few of my John Prine albums released as early as 1991 " The Missing Years "on CD and finally in 2013 on vinyl and I feel that the vinyl sounds better , this is also true for later albums he released , " I... 
Please Help. J. A. Michell Gyro SE - Speed Issue
Interesting "I literally turned the screw CCW at least 6-7 full turns.(what could go wrong??) The table did slow down to a snail pace faster that 33.33. I use a Cardas Frequency Sweep record that has a strobe on one side. I place the needle on on... 
ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records
pfmaudio  It will be interesting to hear what the dealer has to say and hopefully if it's a problem that can either be fixed or exchanged for another manufacturer . I don't own a US cleaner ,  but I've sent in close to 200 albums to Record Genie... 
Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II
+1 for audioguy85  's recommendation  I have the Tavish Design Adagio , it uses 6 tubes for MM cartridges  and adds Jensen SUT for MC  cartridges ( upgrade to the 1 to 1.12 transformers ) . The great part about them besides the extensive variety... 
Vinyl Only
@groovey  I agree with you , I've gone so far as to put my JL and YO albums in storage and only listen to JL's Acoustic CD .  
Tube Amp recommendation for Thiel CS1.6 under $2k
@5751  Great tubes ( especially RCA Blacks from the 50"s ) , I use 3 of them in my phono preamp . You're not the only person with redundancy issues , every now and then my responses are double sent , it seems to come and go . What speakers and ... 
Tube Amp recommendation for Thiel CS1.6 under $2k
@uthlidian  Go to " Thiel Owners " on this forum and ask this question . soix is correct , especially with your budget .    
Vinyl Only
To All I'll agree that some songs ( like Angie ) are boring and or monotonous but to me they are not bad enough to get out of my chair and lift the tonearm . I also agree with that songs covered by other artists can be off putting or at least hi... 
Vinyl Only
@dekay I've not heard of " The Last Castrato "  but a few minutes ( even seconds ) of listening on Spotify makes me want to never lower a tonearm on to that recording . @czarivey  If so why would you buy the albums they award ?  The songs I will ... 
Record Store Day 2024?
I suppose that if there was a title or two that I really wanted I would stand in line here at The House of Records , Greg was giving out numbers and limiting 15 people in at a time . The shop sold all but about 10 records and when I went there a w... 
Need help with Thiel CS 1.6 speakers
Rob worked with Jim and Tom and is now the official Thiel repair person .  Coherent Source Service – Specializing in repair and ...   Coherent Source Service https://www.coherentsourceservice.com