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| 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... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 Most of those preamps I heard were excellent. However, I came to feel that I do not want the preamp to add anything to the sound, especially noise. The amp and speakers can do that. | |
| Thiel Owners @tmsrdg Not a trader but a long bag holder on a stock that was supposed to pay for this current audio system. Next year will be the year for that (which I say every year). I do software development. I have a lot of servers on the cloud that run pr... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 My gear is linked on Virtual Systems.Preamps I owned and demoed.Bryston BP20BAT VK-42SEBenchmark DAC3 HGC*Luxman c900u*Hegel P30*Mark Levinson 526*D'agistino something*T+A P3100 HV*SimAudio 740P * Bryston BP17 Cubed* I demoed these at stores in th... | |
| You can Vote for Most Valuable Lead Vocals (Rock Groups) @mapman David Bynre release a new concert video 2 days ago on HBO it is supposed to be amazing. My vote for goes to in no particular orderBob MarleyChris ConnellEddie Vedder | |
| Thiel Owners @unsound I was thinking of getting a hardware based DRC system in the past. I looked at Room Perfect, Space Optimization, Deqx (sp?), and ARC3. I remember Space Optimization was describing setups where you can place the speaker against a wall and... | |
| Thiel Owners Some interesting changes with the AHB2 and the CS3.7 after some playing last night and repositioning. I did the following for todays listen.1) I moved the speakers closer to the side wall, 26 inches from the center of the tweeter to the side wall.... | |
| Thiel Owners @catalysis The reason the AHB2 is a keeper is because it is an outstanding amp. In the top 3 of amps I have heard, I like silence. The fact that it works for me so well with the KEF LS50 is reason alone to keep it since I am not getting rid of the... | |
| Thiel Owners If anyone is interested. The CS3.7 I got had some scratches on the top black shell. So I contacted Rob Gillum and he told my to use a semi flat black #1613. So last night I taped the speakers up with some great 3M plastic wrap and spray painted it... | |
| Thiel Owners Well it was a car long journey to pick up my new Thiel CS3.7. A stop at IKEA for some kid shopping and a little driving day dreaming made it longer trip than expected. I am testing the speakers out now in my small office (see virtual systems for s... | |
| Have speakers really improved within the last 20 years?? I will buy a 16 year old design next. My other option was a cutting edge new design, Thiel CS3.7 vs Yamaha NS5000. I think the CS3.7will be a good choice. I shall see. |