Thiel Owners

Hi brayeagle,

I found your post about speaker wiring:

"... I began to use DYI speaker and interconnects - - top Belden wire with the best connectors I could get...Belden AWG 10 for speaker wiring..."

I just replaced 16 gauge lamp cord on my Thiel CS5's with 10 gauge multi-strand copper wire and I can hear an improvement! Better detail that provides more decay and presence.

It got me to thinking about why I believed lamp cord was good enough and recalled that I had looked at Roger Russell's "Speaker Wire" discussions http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm. This was back when I was listening to easier to drive speakers like Advents, Paradigms, and Magnepans. 

If I had thought to refer to Roger's " Maximum Wire Lengths For TWO CONDUCTOR Copper Wire" chart when I purchased the CS5's, I would have been hearing better music for the last couple of years!

Thanks for listening,

Dsper

dsper

since you discovered that 10 gauge stranded copper wire sounds good to you then I would suggest trying Cardas 9.5 gauge stranded litz
wire , only $6.50 a foot for 6n copper with the Cardas multi size strands.

 this is on my dyi list after I finish upgrading my DNA-250 amp .

Hi Dsper,
I'm a great believer in quality multi-strand cabling for audio frequencies. That's why I've used Belden stock for years.  (Disclaimer: I have no financial nor proprietary interests in Belden.)

Recently, Belden has offered a new stock, specifically aimed at the audio high-end market. It looks very interesting as an alternative to some of the exorbitantly priced mumbo jumbo cables designed to separate a HiFi addict from his hard earned dollars.

 I found the explanation of this Belden Iconoclast  cable to be reasonable; however, since I haven't auditioned any system using these new cables, I can't vouch for the increase in performance over what I now use.  

If you're interested:  https://www.iconoclastcable.com

Just my ancient two cents
George

^Market priced?

Dsper,

I am interested in other Thiel owner opinions regarding transports and DACs and at what point a listener needs to start playing with interconnects.

You don't need to play with either.  (And certainly not transports...and streamers/servers don't 'have a sound of their own' if they are operating properly).

But from what you wrote, I don't think that's the point of view you are looking for.  It's your money  ;-)