zaikesman
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| Tubes with Thiel CS-3.6's? has anyone had success? Gs5556, I didn't really doubt you, I was just ribbing you. I don't dismiss low power - I've just never been set up to exploit it, as I like to listen to all kinds of material, and at higher levels than your amps would drive my Thiels. You are an e... | |
| Review: Thiel Audio CS-2 Speaker Mcmiller (if you're still here), thanks for coming back with an update. Here's mine, FWIW: The VTL's I spoke of above have really taken the 2.2's to another level - no comparision. I could probably still make some kind of use of a subwoofer, but a... | |
| Resonant modes and taming the room Interesting take about the joist orientation, Sayas - I've never considered this before, but it certainly sounds reasonable (if maybe not as significant as some other more obvious factors). | |
| McIntosh and Autoformers. . .? Thanks all for offering clarifications about the DC-blocking capabilities of the autoformer - I was wondering how this could be so in the absence of a secondary coil. Nealhood, just as a side note, I believe Mac still claims 35dB of negative feedb... | |
| Tubes with Thiel CS-3.6's? has anyone had success? Hey, anything will produce a sound, but I don't expect that sound would be for me. You're honestly the first person I've heard of running these speakers with a low-powered SET - what else have you used? (Unless you're having us on, that is... ;^) | |
| What makes certain cd players better than others? Krazeeyk, you are pretty much correct about the process you're about to be going through. But don't feel badly - trial and error is a continual experience for audiophiles with a lot more years and gear under their belts than you. I'm not going to ... | |
| McIntosh and Autoformers. . .? According to what I have read in the past, an autoformer is either a straightforward output transformer - albeit one with bifilar winding and multiple taps - or it's different in that it doesn't have a secondary coil, which makes it sound like an ... | |
| What makes certain cd players better than others? Saw this thread last night, before anybody had posted on it. I was thinking about all the kinds of responses it was likely to draw, and wrote out a fairly long, fairly philosophical response in anticipation of the onslaught, which in the end I tho... | |
| Tubes with Thiel CS-3.6's? has anyone had success? In my opinion, you are not going to get the most out of your speakers trying to use the amps you list. They just cannot supply the current and control these speakers need. If you want to go tubes, IMO you'll need to stay with more powerful models ... | |
| why does triod mode sound better than ultralinear? Despite what you might imply from Marakanetz' post, the signal path will be no shorter in triode mode than it is in ultralinear, though there will be fewer engaged elements inside the power tubes. Unfortunately, with the C-J amps it's not as simpl... | |
| Resonant modes and taming the room I am a little surprised that your calculations didn't show any serious problems - given the fact that your room's measurements are very close to doubling each dimension, I would think some strong modes should exist. | |
| Power Conditioners vs. Power Cables Hi Stehno - Better, as you'd expect for the money. I'm not done evaluating it yet, as my system is still only partially up'n'running at the moment - and this more than I really wanted to have to invest (though I suspect it's justified at the pream... | |
| Power Conditioners vs. Power Cables Warren and Whknopp, I am with both of you when it comes to not having tried - or wanting to - any $K PC's. But I'm the same way with all my wires - that's just not the level I can play this game on, especially with as many components to plug in as... | |
| Is it taboo to mod a speaker? ...And of course, I think we've forgotten to mention the #1 speaker mod of all time - listening with the grilles removed. | |
| Power Conditioners vs. Power Cables To get back to the original question for a sec, and also try to answer the one Warren raises, there are 2 basic reasons often given as to why an upgraded PC could and frequently will give an improvement even after a line conditioner:1) The in-wall... |