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| Thiel Owners @solobone22 --If you listen off to the side and rather close to the tweeter you can hear crackling on music with strong lower treble upper mid energy - like timpani for classical music. If you listen out front you can't hear it at all at any ... | |
| Thiel Owners Speaking of the Benchmark DAC3B and the LA4 Pre -- Paul Seydor has a nice review of these along with considerable mention of the AHB-2 in this month's online Absolute Sound.Todd | |
| Thiel Owners Tom,Re your comment on the PXO I find it inaudible Do you mean that it does not contribute any audible difference to the setup (therefore, why bother getting one) or that it it works so well that it doesn’t contribute a character of its own?Todd | |
| Thiel Owners One final SmartSub question: if I were to use one of the Thiel SmartSubs with my 3.7s, would I need, foregoing the SI-1 Integrator, the passive crossover "tuned" to the 3.7? Does such an item exist? | |
| Thiel Owners So, Tom, do you then agree with Rob about the SI-1 Integrator , that it's a waste of time and not reparable? I've located one that the owner claims just stopped powering on one day and hasn't worked since. | |
| Thiel Owners Question: Thiel SI-1 Smartsub IntegratorDoes anyone repair these? I talked with Rob about this. He doesn't and said there were problems with the unit and it had eventually been withdrawn. Does this then leave the passive crossover as the only reco... | |
| Thiel Owners @ solobone22 which specific piano recordings? I want to listen to what you are referencing. Sure -- just off the top, Scarlatti 30 Sonatas, John Browning piano, Nimbus, 16/44; Brahms 7 Fantasies,etc, Emanuel Ax piano, Sony,16/44 , also Mari Asa... | |
| Thiel Owners @ yyzsantabarbara ,Thanks for the responses and all the links. My Aurender N10 server is incompatible with Roon, so I can't consider the Convolution app.If there's one thing I'd like more of in my system, it's low frequency "weight." It's prett... | |
| Thiel Owners @yyzsantabarbara Great to hear you find the single AHB2 so good with the 3.7s. So do I. Also, I don't know anything about Convolution filters, but my interest is tweaked here.Gotta ask, how did you notice that boost adjustment glitch in the pream... | |
| Thiel Owners @yyzsantabarbara, a little while ago you posted:If you wait a few more months the Purifi modules with 1000 watts into 2 Ohm should be released by Bruno et al. The goal of these Class D amps is to remove a 0 from the price of amps. It should be a g... | |
| Thiel Owners Question regarding the CS5i speakers, which were mentioned here recently: wouldn't the sheer age of the speakers preclude anyone's interest in owning them now? It's going on 40 years, and that's plenty of time for adhesives, polymers and composite... | |
| Thiel Owners @yyz,Glad to hear you are enjoying the 3.7s with the all Benchmark setup -- same as I have. Yes, the sound is wide open and glorious. I've never had the AHB2 clip light go on in my 18 x 18 room, even with full-on orchestral music. It's just not an... | |
| Thiel Owners @yyzsantabarbara,Interesting office setup -- are you a trader? | |
| Thiel Owners And, yes,Tom, I remember discussing this with you via email this summer. We both thought the stereo setup was better as I recall.Todd | |
| Thiel Owners I'm on a roll...Benchmark has a free 30 day trial for all components and the people are well informed, helpful and personable. Plus the product price presents extraordinary value. There you have it. |