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| Thiel Owners Thiel CS1.6 loudspeaker Specifications | Stereophile.com Thiel CS1.6 loudspeaker Measurements | Stereophile.com Thiel CS2.4 loudspeaker Specifications | Stereophile.com Thiel CS2.4 loudspeaker Measurements | Stereophile.com THIEL CS2.4SE Floor... | |
| Integrated Amp or Separates for Vandersteen 1'cs Refreshed PSE or McCormack. | |
| Do Audiophiles usually keep the gain of the digital source at around 80%? @drmuso , CD standard calls for 2 V ouput from RCA, HDCD standard calls for 2.2 V output from RCA. Balanced XLR ouput doubles that. Depending on the DAC's bit count,voltage and impedance outputs, included volume control, available switching capabi... | |
| CD's or Vinyl? CD's | |
| Crossover or crossoverless @bdgregory , Roy of Green Mountain advocated for 1st order / 6 dB crossovers. In practice they were more complicated than standard text book illustrations, in that they had elements added to compensate for driver irregularities, etc. in an effort ... | |
| Thiel Owners @brunner007, I agree with your plan. Your Threshold SA/2’s should be adequate (just) in the interim, but choosing your speakers first is prudent. Though waiting until you are in your next room might make more sense. | |
| Thiel Owners @brunner007, While perhaps not addressing you immediate question; the Threshold SA/2’s while very lovely amps with good current delivery into impedance, I think the Threshold SA/ 2’s have about the bare minimum power output needed for some of the ... | |
| Threshold S/300 STASIS problem with on off swicht It’s a circuit breaker. | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables Goertz alpha-core (w/ RC networks (zobels)) Straightwire OCOS (w/ zobels) or… wait for Tom Thiel’s upcoming cables. some good reports with Iconoclast | |
| Timeline Listing of Notable and Influential Times in Audio Manufacturing History Great contribution. Thanks. | |
| Thiel Owners @77jovian , Thiel CS2 2 loudspeaker Measurements | Stereophile.com Ayre Acoustics AX-5 integrated amplifier Measurements | Stereophile.com Unlike some other Thiel models the CS 2.2's only have a somewhat small and fairly brief dip below 4 Ohms ... | |
| Thiel Owners @audiofilio123, Respectfully; if you subtract all the marketing fluff, those specs aren’t all that special. | |
| Thiel Owners @johnnotkathi, Thank you for saving me from having to reply. For those who might eschew the objective, and might prefer the subjective; i suggest comparing the output with one’s ear in direct proximity of a loudspeakers drivers with source turn... | |
| Thiel Owners FWIW, the SINAD measurements would suggest otherwise. Not all switch-mode power supplies are the same. At the $1K (and perhaps even more) is a compelling consideration. | |
| Thiel Owners @johnnotkathi, Take this with a grain of salt. Jim Thiel thought Class D amps were only suitable for sub-woofer duty. But a lot of progress has been made with Class D since Jim's passing. I haven't experienced these for myself. Before consid... |