catalysis
Responses from catalysis
| How much would I lose going to a Bluesound Node 2i It’s very clear that the Node 2i is a significant improvement on its superb predecessor.In my system, rotating between Quad ESLs and Thiel CS 3.5s, I hear better sound at all times through the Node 2i than through my Benchmark DAC2 HGC. Frankly th... | |
| Thiel Owners Oblgny so sorry to learn about your run of bad luck. I had to offload my very nice old gear about 10 years ago when I moved continents. Never an easy thing to do but what I can tell you is that it at least gave me a chance to reassess what I had b... | |
| Thiel Owners On the current topic of amps, I’ve been running my 3.5s for the past year on my VPI 299D tube amp, sometimes with EL34s, but mostly with KT150s. The results have been astonishingly good and there’s tons of power to drive them, though I’d judge I’m... | |
| Thiel Owners Interesting comments Tom concerning the use of subs with 3.5s without the equalizer in circuit. That’s exactly how I run mine now - dual subs actually - and I’m thrilled with the result. This allows me to do real justice to more powerful recording... | |
| Technics Turntables...really??? I own a 1600MK2, and vastly prefer it to any of the more expensive "audiophile" turntables I have previously owned. For whatever reason, the Technics SL** decks have a reputation in the "serious" home audio community of being low quality DJ fodder... | |
| Thiel Owners @frozentundra Benchmark DAC2 here with CS3.5s. | |
| Thiel Owners This is a really fantastic outcome following the disastrous dragging of the Thiel name through the mud with the mismanagement since the takeover. The fact that Rob is looking to offer upgrade kits is just the best news of 2018, and it's only the 1... | |
| Thiel Owners It really is great news that Rob will apparently continue. Frankly, Kentucky service dept was the only reason I was in the least bothered about Thiel Audio continuing. | |
| Thiel Owners Hi all,If this report is correct, Thiel Audio is now dead. https://www.strata-gee.com/thiel-toastSorry if this has been posted here already, but I couldn’t see it at a quick glance.Hopefully the Kentucky service dept is poised to rise like a phoen... | |
| Primaluna Dialogue Premium vs VPI 299D? Hi everyone. Another 299D owner, or "1 of the 100" as we might indeed be referred to. Absolutely loving this amp and still baffled how these aren't already sold out and are being discounted by a few dealers now, which is how I got to own mine. I w... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi Jafant, thanks it will be interesting to see what Rob says. | |
| More Bad News AT Thiel The current Thiel administration is about as far from Kathy and Jim's ideals as it's possible to be. The only thing I will praise is that they've so far kept the Kentucky servicing dept open. Long may that continue. | |
| Thiel Owners Hi Again Everyone,Hope you’re all getting ready for some great holiday season listening.Disconcerting recent news/rumors about Thiel’s possible demise isn’t it, though not exactly the surprise of 2017. Frankly, in the voice of the best Bond villai... | |
| More Bad News AT Thiel I find this whole sorry affair so annoying and yet I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t entirely predictable. The dilemma now is does one send off parts to be serviced at Kentucky never to see them again if the place suddenly shuts down? I’ve watched ... | |
| Thiel Owners I hadn’t looked at the Thiel website for some time until tonight. This is indeed an increasingly worrying situation. And yet an entirely predictable one, as a new CEO with no apparent high end audio experience makes her presence felt, with what ap... |