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| Should I buy used Thiel CS5 jeffvegas,For a price point, I have a pair of CS5's that I bought for $2600 including delivery about two/three years ago.They are oak with the cream colored grills. I had to replace one of the yellow speakers (largest of the three small ones) abou... | |
| Thiel Owners thosb, Finally, and there are many on this thread who have better more experienced ears than me, but from what I have heard in my journey so far, "live" comes from tube based amplification. I always wonder about tube amps myself. The Carver tub... | |
| What CD Transports Provide the Most Detail? Hi itzhack1969,2 years ago I had a chance to buy CEC TL5 demo unit on very good price but came across a magazine review they compare it to Simaudio moon 260D transport and found it better overall then the CEC so decided to buy the 260D and I don't... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi prof, Are you sure you have done all you can with speaker position/listening position/acoustics to dial in your speakers before chasing other solutions? You are asking a fair question. I have added bass traps across the front wall ceiling and... | |
| What CD Transports Provide the Most Detail? Hi George,You have suggested the CXC before and it would seem it is worth a listen at $299.Dsper | |
| Thiel Owners Oh Boy!I did not mean to create any controversy about speaker wire or transports! Let me try to explain my last couple of posts.My Thiel CS5's fell into my lap as a good local deal and started an exploration of how good the CS5's could sound. Firs... | |
| 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 CS... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load Hi Atmasphere,I tried some multi-strand 10 gauge copper wire on my Thiels. This replaced 16 gauge lamp cord. Fifteen foot lengths.Can definitely tell a difference, an improvement. There is more detail, which seems to add better decay in general; c... | |
| What CD Transports Provide the Most Detail? Sorry if I have offended anyone. Thanks for the advice. Dsper | |
| Thiel Owners Hi, I am interested in other Thiel owner opinions regarding transports and DACs and at what point a listener needs to start playing with interconnects.My recent journey included using an AudioSpace CD8A as transport and a Ric Schultz modified Op... | |
| What CD Transports Provide the Most Detail? mofimadness4,Have you ever critically listened to any Esoteric transports and, if so, do you have an opinion about them?liste | |
| BEST UPGRADE regardless of cost? I second room treatments! | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? Tom Petty in Indianapolis the year before he died. | |
| Another Music Direct Catalog observation I had a neighbor tell me that that no one was going to listen to two songs in a row from the same artist in his house, because he did not want anyone to be bored at his parties. That was 20 years ago. Now we have streaming and buying a song for ... | |
| What CD Transports Provide the Most Detail? so how is the CEC PRAT? |