Tom,You wrote:
"I have ruled out many amps as very good, but . . . somehow not neutral or transparent. "
Could you please list these for our enlightenment?
Todd
Could you please list these for our enlightenment?
Todd
@andy2 lots of upgrade info this this thread also. In particular, look for posts by Tom Thiel starting about March 2018. Quite a lot to read and there probably isn’t any one post with the latest info but worth your time if you’re serious about an upgrade. Tom still hopes to offer kits but timeline is unknown (he originally hoped to have 2.4 kits by the end of the year - the best laid plans . . .). |
Hi Thiel lover's, Sorry for my crooked English. I am a new proud owner of a set CS 2.4 loudspeakers, running them with Audio-GD pre/DAC/amp and a Mano Ultra streamer. Really love the CS 2.4 and in my experience the best sounding loudspeakers I ever had, but knowing the crossovers are always a compromise to keep loudspeakers affordable I upgraded the crossovers of the tweeter/mid unit with Jantzen caps, see also, https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/thiel-cs2-4-upgrade-to-cs-2-4-se Because off the great!! improvement I like tho do the whole crossover but I am not sure what to upgrade, only thing I can think of is to replace the woofer coil for a nice Jantzen wax coil, but what about the resistors in series on the tweeter/mid crossovers? They are not part of the 6db crossover but the signal is going true them, confused!!?? Greetings from Holland, Mario |
but what about the resistors in series on the tweeter/mid crossovers?There are two possibilities: 1. The resistor is in series with cap that eventual leads to the mid/tweeter. In this case, it is worth upgrading them to better spec resistors. 2. The resistor is in shunt to the mid/tweeter network then it is not in the critical path which means it is not critical so upgrading will not yield any meaningful improvement. But resistors are mostly less expensive so since you're already in there, might as well upgrading then as well. I have not seen the xover network in person yet so I am not sure if the resistor is either #1 or #2. Also, in my experience, caps make a lot more differences vs. inductors so upgrading the inductors may not yield a lot of improvement. That said, there is sonic difference between foil and wire type inductor. Having seen the xover in picture, the inductor coil in the bass xover is of wire wound coil inductor so it may be better to replace it with another wire wound type inductor. The original inductor looks like having a 16 AWG, so upgrading to something like 12AWG inductor may give you slightly more bass. Also looking at some of the xover pictures, the wiring may deserve some upgrading as well. I guess it won't be much work to upgrade to something like Supra wire from Madisound.com. |