Thiel Owners

I researched the caps as needed here, and there are probably newer better caps since 2011, though for a price.
http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Cap.html

I gave a short look at this link. How does this guy have time and money to compare all of these, especially given the burn-in time? That top of the line Duelund looks interesting. Some of those sell for north of $800. Even if the OEM price is one-half of that, that would probably add $10,000 retail to put those in a pair of speakers!

The writer quite liked the Clarity CMR and some of the Mundorfs. A DIYer with money could get carried away . . .

Note, my PowerPoints are late-date manufacture from China.

Tom, did *all* the manufacturing move to China? I recall reading years ago that the round cap on the CS3.7 had to be made in China because of quality issues. I didn't realize until recently that the drivers were also sourced from China. And, now, you're saying that the PowerPoint drivers were made in China. What happened in Lexington? Is all of this on the new owners?

I am not expert on what manufacturing moved to China and when; I have not been involved with the company since the mid 1990s. At that time the only off-shore components were some European electronic components. My general impression is that the hi-fi music products were always assembled in Lexington, although some parts, including drivers, were made partly or wholly in China. Home theater products were made at increasing levels in China, more so after Jim's death in 2009. Testing and QC remained in Lexington throughout. These are my opinions developed from various conversations, but are subject to correction.

I know from other involvements that it has become increasingly difficult to impossible to source many sophisticated components from North America / Europe due to changing market conditions.