artmaltman
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| forte 4 VS. forte 4a VS. forte 7 4a is a lovely sounding class A amp. Generally, the "class A" Fortes were very lovely after a long warmup, the sound gells beautifully. The non-class A Forte's, from what I understand, should be avoided. Threshold T200 does indeed stomp the Forte ... | |
| Phono Amp Cables Cable company is excellent. "Bob" is very knowledgable, others are probably too. Can't beat renting a cable, unless there is a local store willing to lend you cables. | |
| A bad situation It sounds like (I am speculating) you may have inadvertantly packaged it in such a way that there was pressure on that switch. Sometimes a package can be wrapped up in lots of good wrapping material but there is inadvertantly a weak spot subject t... | |
| Integrated Amp for Thiel 2.3 s ? Make sure you have the driver upgrade on the 2.3's.Cardas cable plus tube preamp plus an amp with very serious power are best bet. | |
| Audiodyne Products. How to contact them? I think they vanished.They were in Las Vegas, weren't they?--a | |
| Best cables for Thiel 2.3 Cardas. | |
| Audible Illusions M3A update No, do not under any circumstances send it back. They have a track record of taking months longer than expected to do upgrade work. I personally had this experience and it was agonizing. Ultimately Art felt bad about this and sold me a new one at ... | |
| Analogue or Digital sound level meter? I have used both and find the digital one much easier to use. Also, the test results are fascinating. | |
| Tired of My Thiel's!!! UPGRADE TIME??? Make sure your 2.3's are broken in thoroughly and try Cardas cable. I ended up migrating to Proac and Spendor speakers, which are more naturally musical, but sometimes miss that honestly and authority of the Thiels. | |
| Any Thiel 3.6 Owners in SF Bay Area? Cardas rules with Thiels! | |
| Thiel 2.3--bright or harsh ? They need a lot of break-in; they do warm up a little. They sound lean unless they get a lot of power. They sound lean if you mate them with lean sounding solid state (I suspect that Krell amp). I found Cardas cabling to be incredible match to mak... | |
| Class Action Suit against UPS? I have had mostly good experience with UPS, but had enough problems that I most definitely worry every time I use UPS. Fed Ex has been flawless for me so far. Which leads to my question: Have any of you tried FED EX'S NEW GROUND SERVICE? It's comp... | |
| Thiel 2.3's Power Hungry?? Yes, even though the 2.3 is more efficient than other Thiels, well, at lower power levels my experience was that the sound was lean. I got good results with CJ Premier 12's at 140 watts per side, but I suspect that doubling the power would have re... | |
| Cables for Proac Response 2.5 I find that Audio Tekne is a magical combination for my Proac 2.5, but it is expensive. HT Pro-9 is quite good, perhaps a tad mechanical compared to the fluid Audio Tekne. | |
| VANDERSTEENS vs. THIELS Vandy and Thiel are severely different. Thiels are extremely linear and accurate and require lots of very clean power and a very clean source to sound good, or even listenable. Given your current electronics, I would not commit to Thiels without f... |