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| Seriously? Why Buy ARC Ref 6SE? seems Benchmark LA4 is a better choice. Actually you should not hear anything from the LA4, zero, utterly silent. If you are hearing chalk on a blackboard with the LA4 then you are hearing something else in the system. The ARC will have some sound character to it. I heard my buddies ARC... | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert Thanks for your input. I am going to stick with the GIK panels for now because I am low on funds and also these panels made my room sound great with the KEF LS50s. Prior to the panels the sound was awful. I understand the CS3.7 is a... | |
| Thiel Owners Bryston Cubed Serieshttps://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=139680.0 | |
| Thiel Owners That’s OK, I paid good money for the amp, need to put the amp to work. When I first got the Thiel CS3.7 into my room I said the sound was like a 70/100. I got improvements with various steps. This room changes today take me to about 90/100. I am v... | |
| Thiel Owners My last comment on the AHB2 so I do not drone on and annoy people. I am doing acoustic measurements with REW software and Minidsp microphone. I am doing these measurements to have Accurate Sound of Canada’s Mitch Barnett analyze my room measuremen... | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound ^Does the Class A drop, maintain or increase as impedance load is lowered? Response from CODAIt drops. This is the nature of the calculation and is true for every amplifier.CODASo are there amps that maintain the Class A on lowered ... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 I owned DAC1 years ago (kind of hated it)DAC2 HGC DAC3 HGC AHBB2 (sold it)AGHB2 (bought again but this time with DAC3B and HPA4)For me the main difference was in the volume. The HPA4 sounds great at every volume level. I listen at low volumes late... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel I want to modify yesterday's statement about the deep bass performance of the AHB-2. The more I listen the more I like it, and my in-room sound pressure measurements suggest that the bass amp is weaker. Therefore my call to Benchmark r... | |
| KEF ls50 meta’s are on the way @mapman what sub do you use with the LS50? | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week I am trying to decide between the Coda #8 v2 and v3. What factors would determine the best choice between the two versions? My speaker is the Thiel CS3.7 which goes below 4 Ohms, supposedly a lot of the time. I listen at moderate volume levels. Wo... | |
| Thiel Owners The best sound I ever got from the KEF LS50’s was with the AHB2. However, the LS50’s does not have much bass but is still rather good in a small room Now if a speaker can benefit from 2 AHB2’s, and a lot can, then that is another story.I just list... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 @glissando My reference to the Thiel CS3.7 + 2 AHB2's in mono comment came from this post. The poster is Tom Thiel, brother of the speaker designer, Jim Thiel. I also believe Tom was one of the 3 founders of Thiel Audio. https://forum.audiogon.com... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 @mrdecibel I always ways wanted to buy a Thiel CS3.7 from a decade ago. However moving to Santa Barbara into a small beach apartment and then having a baby 4 years ago pushed audio to the backburner. Now that I am "settled" somewhat I have the opp... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 Nice. Love the HPA4. What headphones are you using with the HPA4?In my situation John Siau (the Benchmark designer) has indicated speakers like my recently purchased Thiel CS3.7 don't work with mono AHB2 but they do with a single AHB2. I am runn... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 That is an easy one for me. I have been blabbing on A’gon about which component I think is the real giant killer. It is the LA4 without a doubt. I say this because I think the LA4 can be used in all scenarios I have personally encountered. I do no... |