sdecker
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| Thiel Owners While I'm posting for the first time in years, I can vouch for Rob Gillum's excellent solo work. I had a CS2.4 coax go silent on me a couple years ago, long after Thiel-proper was gone. To assure consistency, Rob had me send him both my coax dri... | |
| Thiel Owners I was always on A’gon years ago, but brought back now with the final death of Thiel, Rob Gillum’s phoenix rising, and XO questions.I replaced the caps in my CS2.4 in 2011 and can clearly answer the questions asked so far. Only way in is by removin... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Geez, this thread has been around forever, and my post from 2002 of $23,000 is just about half of what it is today, $45,133 more or less. Many of the same components from then are still in place, but some have been modified at a cost, substantiall... | |
| Personal amp evolution Wow this thread has been going on for over a decade. Time to upgrade my old response, slightly.1972: Realistic STA-14 1973: Fisher 400 1974: Pioneer SX-525 1979: Advent 300 w/ mods 2001: McCormack DNA-0.5DLX 2002: McCormack DNA-0.5DLX SMc Rev C 20... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Wow this thread has been going on for a dozen years. Time to update my decade-old response:'73: Lafayette 8" coax drivers in boxes, $40'75: KLH Model 32, used, $55'79: 'New' Large (Walnut) Advents, new, $265'86: Boston Acoustics A200, used, $175'0... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 2010 VW GTI bought new, with the $476 Dynaudio sound system upgrade. I had a $50K budget and it came down to a BMW 335 coupe or the GTI. The GTI Dynaudio sounded better than the upgraded BMW Harmon-Kardon. Other reasons too, but money wasn't the m... | |
| Thiel 2.4s vs 2.4 SE sound quality? Sorry, I check the forums every few months nowadays, but this may be of interest to some. I've had 2.4s for years. When the SE came out, I called Thiel and asked them which brand/model 'boutique capacitors' they used where in the crossover. They c... | |
| Affordable "Thiel type" speakers are? When you say you feel the 2.3s would "feel like a lateral move" are you referencing the 3.5s or 2.4s?My understanding was you were trying to upgrade the 3.5s, but were very happy with the 2.4s as they are. The 2.3s are a lateral move from the 2.4s... | |
| Affordable "Thiel type" speakers are? I find it surprising that given your desires nobody has mentioned Thiel 2.3. They can be had for cheap these days ~$1K+, and are in most respects identical to the 2.4, which was merely a mildly tweaked 2.3. I bought 2.3s in '02 & 2.4s in '06 a... | |
| Phono preamp evolution 1) Realistic STA-14 receiver internal phono amp ('71)2) Pioneer SX-525 receiver internal phono amp ('74)3) Advent 300 receiver internal phono amp ('79)4) Adcom GFP-710 preamp internal phono amp ('00)5) Bel Canto Phono 1 ('03) (still own)6) ARC PH3... | |
| Chime in.What's the Best Cassette Recorder ever ? I used a Tandberg TCD-310 MkII and a Tandberg TCD440A since the early '80s and still own them. They were full of neat design tricks, sounded as good as anything out there at the time, rewound a cassette faster than anything ever made, and were bui... | |
| where to buy new blank quality cassette tapes? Well thank you all for your responses. I've put all of them to good use. I even had an audiogoner contact me directly with his stash of unused good tape.Ktrogers: I gave eBay another try. Last time it seemed hawkers were treating sealed cassettes ... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 1) tastefully modified '90 VW Corrado, 181Kmi2) '05+ Audi S4 wagon, '07+ Saab 9.3 Aero wagon, '07+ VW GTI, Volvo V50 or V70R wagon, BMW 335, something as sporty and spacious (hatch) as the Corrado really doesn't exist anymore :-(3) '04-'06 BMW M3 ... | |
| How hot should a McCormack DNA-225 get? I'll make the assumption you bought your 225 used. If so, have you checked the main (externally accessible) fuse? Perhaps the amp developed (or always had) some kind of internal problem on power-up that kept blowing the line fuse so he simply repl... | |
| Cardas Golden Presence - anyone familiar? An all GC system *may* be too warm, but it sure depends on system setup, components, acoustics and preferences. George Cardas is no dummy so it's likely there's a synergy there that keeps the sound from going overboard. You'd certainly be getting ... |