Thiel Owners

@f1wheels That should be a really nice sounding system, unless the Ayre kills another coax :o

Please let us know how changing the caps goes for you. I will be making a more comprehensive change to my XOs, maybe next month. I imagine Rob Gillum has supplied good instructions for you to follow but we can all learn from your experience.

Ya,
I told Rob about the driver issue and he also was scratching his head. One of the drivers actually separated where it is cemented to the magnet. The other one started making a distinctive cracking noise on any high-frequency recording.
Well if it was the amp or anything else upstream I am starting out with different gear so it shouldn’t happen again. I am anxious to get the V-5xe in black. I remember when I bought mine but at the time could not afford a new one so Agon to the rescue. This one is a one-owner unit and I had Ayre look up the Serial number. The unit was made in early 2008 and has never been to Ayre for any type of repairs or work.
I sure am tempted as there is a K-5x pre-amp on Ebay right now for only $1.600. If I send it to Ayre for $1,200 they would upgrade it to the full K-5xeMP current model.
I am looking forward to getting the caps from Rob along with some high quality silver solder. He told me with the new caps that I will definitely notice the change in sound. The only problem I am having now is trying to find good IC’s but at a price that does not get close to the cost of the actual components.

Happy Friday- All.