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Thiel Owners
Tom and All,I hope you all had a great weekend!This was the response I got from Rob regarding the aluminum caps on the 3.7s. "All CS3.7’s incorporated an aluminum cap. The earlier versions were anodized black, and there were some cases of the anod... 
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Hey Tom!I sent an email with your question and several others. I will keep you all posted on the response.Thanks for the help. 
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I meant the black cap on the top of the speaker. 
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I actually found a guy who has some 2.7s and 3.7s available. I am interested in both, I’m just waiting on pricing and pictures. The 3.7s have a serial number in the 600’s. I have read, in this thread perhaps, that the early original production run... 
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@tmsrdg and @ronkentJust for full transparency, I am somewhat limited in experience and gear listened to but ronkent is correct that I definitely enjoyed the sound of the BHK amp paired with ronkents 3.7s. I thought it was amazing. Definitely wort... 
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@thosb they did not have the PS Audio speaker prototypes and I definitely asked. It sounds like they are keeping those a secret until Axpona. I did get to see the Arnie Nudell prototype speakers(I think they were prototype speakers) that they were... 
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@pwhinson Thank you for that generous offer. It just further illustrates my point about how wonderful this community is.I would absolutely like to take you up on your offer! However, one thing I did not mention in my previous post is that my wife ... 
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Greetings Thiel Owners! I am a hopeful future Thiel owner and I have been lurking on this thread since early November.  I felt it was finally time to introduce myself and tell you all a little bit about my speaker/Thiel journey to date.Before I ex... 
My first Tube Amplifier
What a great thread, thank you for the question! I am currently researching and shopping for my first hifi setup and I'm leaning towards tube amps over SS just based off of my research, so this has been a very helpful read through!