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| Bluesound Powernode 2 I just bought a used v.1 powernode for dirt offa eBay and found it to be a decent enough temporary addition to my two-channel setup - rather, a replacement for my former two-channel setup since I sold all of it off to satisfy various unexpected bi... | |
| Thiel Owners brayeagle....Ha! Good points. I went to an integrated amp because I came to the conclusion all that coming and going WAS about the gear rather than the music. Not 100%, but on more than just a few occasions I found myself suspecting SOMETHING in... | |
| Thiel Owners catalysis...Thanks!No doubt my next round of appropriating equipment will have a MUCH shorter list of possible brands - Pass and Thiel topping it depending upon locality, finances, etc. Though it pained me to let my stuff go I did so knowing it w... | |
| Thiel Owners I once used a Placette passive preamp with my 3.5’s and found that the bottom end pretty much dropped out. Figuring I’d remove as much as I could between the speakers and the amp I assumed I’d squeeze just a tad more “everything” I got from the s... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. A very big “DITTO” regarding David Lindley’s version of Mercury Blues - just an unabashed freakin’ love letter to rock n’ roll that needs and deserves to be played LOUDLY. The rest of the album is damn good, too. On the “repeat when necessary” l... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. Really? No mention of Joe Cocker turning “A Little Help From My Friends” over under sideways down and then inside out at Woodstock? Sheesh! Hard to believe it’s the same song and it continues to give me goosebumps every time I listen to it. Abs... | |
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| Thiel Owners The 3.5 is a remarkably good speaker. I’ve had 3 pairs paired to amps that were capable of 300 watts into a 4,ohm load. I never came remotely close to that. The bas eq is indeed a must for making them sound as Thiel intended. Though I’ve never ... | |
| Thiel Owners The answer is B. A. T. I had a 300 Watt model (4ohm load) - very close to the sonics of a Pass Labs only just a smidgen less “bright.” When I played my 3.6’s louder than usual - which made them show extraordinarily well - the B. A. T. was up to... | |
| Thiel Owners Meadowlark speakers were also concerned with time alignment/coherence along with exceptional build quality and, depending on your tastes, aesthetics as well. From what I’ve been able to cull off the interweb thingy, Mr McGinty was a “ poor busine... | |
| Sellers adding for PayPal use is plainly BS I’ve sold a fair amount of stuff here always mentioning that I don’t levy any additional “fee” to the buyer other than, when I’ve shipped items, shipping. I don’t buy gas from stations that charge more for credit/debit than cash, and I won’t do bu... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant...Yes, I had a BAT VK3i preamp with that Pass for a little while. (cheap seats model from BAT)In retrospect I believe I preferred ARC by just a hair. Hard to remember exactly why but IMHO the Audio Research player somewhat “brighter” than t... | |
| Thiel Owners silvanick...The HapZ1es is a truly excellent piece. I got mine “used” from a fellow member here on the site for $1200 - which they currently fetch now. VERY worth one’s while. What I enjoyed about it most was it’s simplicity. I didn’t want a “... | |
| Thiel Owners pwhinson...I also did business with Mark at Reno on two X150.5 amps and to say that he runs a class operation is an understatement. At the time I had a pair of CS3.5’s. (the amps were purchased at different times) Like the first time I heard my f... | |
| Thiel Owners Wow. I’m so relieved to hear that things I don’t fully/technically understand I am able to HEAR. I fell in love with Thiel not because of what the specs are but the way these speakers SOUND. I almost feel proud. |