vair68robert
Responses from vair68robert
| Thiel Owners Thank You RobinbarbourI knew I should test that to see if the pop moves to the other speaker,but moving the 56 lbs off the shelf was a last choice, I thought I'd ask others first.You want to hear Bass ! Try Sandy Denny's 3:10 to Yuma or David C... | |
| Thiel Owners Good Evening AllProf , it seems like your listening to your 3.7s now ,are you still going back and forth with the 2.7s ?Question to all 2.7 and 3.7 owners Do you hear a pop when turning your amp off ?This pop sounds like either the tweeter popping... | |
| Thiel Owners First I would like to thank jafant for going out of his way to offer his assistance. .For all the 2.4SE owners , I learned that the crossovers used are more than just larger and higher quality capacitors,Thiel re-tuned the entire crossover circuit... | |
| Thiel Owners jafantWhen I talked to Rob ( last year ) at Thiel he had informed me that the veneer on the SE cost $1,000 a sheet !Thank you for sending the e-mail because I have a feeling the Thiel will not want to get involved.Prof Great finishes , I guess tha... | |
| Thiel Owners Thank You JafantSince Prof brought up finish , what finish are your 2.4SE's ?Prof , I had seen them on E-bay just before fathers day 2016,finish was not my main concern , finding New Original Thiel speakers at less than 40% of their list price wa... | |
| Thiel Owners JafantWhile await hearing from Rob at Thiel service I started thinking and researching , HiFi Shock has some great hi def pictures of the crossovers, you can see the difference in the 2.4se and the 2.7.I also looked at the 3.7s , I thought that wi... | |
| Thiel Owners To AllI'd like try to clarify my point , as Prof said the price of original Thiel speakers is climbing so if you have decided that Thiel's arethe speakers you want BUY them , don't hesitate , be prepared totravel , shipping speakers is difficult a... | |
| Thiel Owners ProfWhen i decided that I wanted Thiel speakers I was looking at a pairof 3.6s up in Portland but by the time I ready to rent a van and go and buy them the were gone , so I started to look for used 3.7s but the prices were still to high for me ( $... | |
| Thiel Owners Since the 2.7 has the same woofer as the 2.4is it possible to upgrade the capacitors to the ones used in the2.4SE ?Has anybody tried ? I haven't contacted Rob at Thiel yet to see if it's even possible,and if it is can I send it to him and keep the... | |
| Phono preamp question My last 2 centsseeing your budget ( now I see why you said the Simaudio 110lp was hight end )go for one of the Chinese tube phono preampsfor under $100 . | |
| Phono preamp question KalaliThere is a Simaudio 110lp for 420.00 free shipping on Ebay.I bought mine used as well as most of my equipment.As for the FYI info from another post it is a mute issue with my system,You didn't mention what amp you are using ,so if it is a ... | |
| New Class A/B under $6K, your recommendation? Try McCormack DNAS-750 mono blocks ,I've seen used ones for $4,000.I'm using the DNA-250 stereo and hope someday to upgrade to the &750s. | |
| Phono preamp question I use a Sim Audio Moon 110lp phono preamp ( Grado high output cartridge ) going to a Goldpoint passive preampthat has 2 inputs ( so I can switch between vinyl and CD's ) and a volume control going to my McCormack DNA-250 stereo amp and it sounds... | |
| Mono recordings - two questions... I have to say jjss49 you started with one of the best albumsto listen to in mono, This is Julie and Lonely Girl are highly recommended as confirmed by several posts .You might also try Duke Ellington at Newport ,I've been very happy with most of ... | |
| Best fuses for under $50? My stereo amp uses 7 fuses !Replacing the original glass fuses with ceramic fuses made a positive improvement , I then purchased an expensive fuse for the main powerand while I did hear an improvement over an off the shelf fuse I can't say it was ... |