dhoff01
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| Thiel Owners Thanks for the clarification Tom. How do I know if mine has the trim resistors? I have the Les Paul versions. | |
| Thiel Owners Thieliste & tmsrdg - thanks for the replies. Moving the new coax to the top of the upgrade list. jafant- been extremely happy with the KX-5 Twenty. Thanks for checking in. | |
| Thiel Owners Woah.. I had no idea I could upgrade my 3.7 coax. Thieliste - any chance you can share a pick of the install? And would it be worth the upgrade to my current 3.7s which are in perfect working order? Thanks (and nice to see this thread is still... | |
| Thiel Owners In terms of room size/speaker positions, I’ve played around with my 3.7s for quite some time and have settled on the following in my 15x20 room:Speakers are placed along the long wall 32” out in front (measured from the rear of the speaker), 8.5’ ... | |
| Thiel Owners sdecker - I was thinking more in terms of a butcher block or something similar to help raise the height, but I hear what you're saying. I'm also lucky in that I have my own dedicated room above the garage, but I still have to make it aestheticall... | |
| Thiel Owners Good stuff guys. Thanks for chiming in.sdecker- instead of tilting the speakers, have you tried raising them altogether by a couple of inches so you can also maintain time/phase coherency? Or is there another disadvantage to doing it this way? Jus... | |
| Thiel Owners Tom,Thanks so much for weighing in. I do enjoy a listening height of 3', which I noticed from your earlier posts is a critical factor in finding the sweet spot. It also makes complete sense that there are many variables at play that have a great... | |
| Thiel Owners Jafant,I currently measure the same way you do. From my ear(s), I measure just over 8 feet from where the base of the speaker is. Speakers are also 8 feet apart (measured from the center of each speaker) and 2’ 6” from the back walls (measured f... | |
| Thiel Owners Quick question (and forgive me if this has been asked and answered before) - when measuring the distance between the 3.7 (or 2.7) and the listening position, do you measure from the tweeter/midrange or the woofer? I assume that it’s the tweeter, ... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant - they work quite well together. Ayre’s output was measured by Stereophile at 150 ohms (balanced), whereas the Accuphase has a balanced input of 40k. The Ayre was much lower than the Cary, which tested higher than the specs showed (again ac... | |
| Thiel Owners Hey jafant. Still running much of the same gear. Accuphase A50 for amplification, Ayre P5xe phono pre, and a VPI Aries/Ayre qb9 on the front end. Upgraded the Aries with a new fatboy tonearm and an Airtight PC7. It works for me :) | |
| Thiel Owners I second thieliste - Ayre matches quite well with Thiel. My local dealer always paired his Thiel 3.7s with an all-Ayre setup and it sounded fantastic. I too have many Ayre components in my system, including a recent change from my Cary SLP-05 to... | |
| Thiel Owners Thieliste - I’ve heard an Ayre mxr/kxr combo with the 3.7s and it sounded great. I imagine the 20s will be even better. | |
| Thiel Owners Say it ain't so, corvette! I get the reason, but to me, those Les Paul speakers are a work of art. Must be hard to see them go..As for mine, I've been playing with speaker placement over the past few weeks, and (for now) have determined that I pr... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant - just sent you a reply.Dan - thanks for the note. I use an Accuphase A50 amp, a Cary SLP-05 pre, an Ayre P5xe phono pre, a VPI Aries II with a Shelter cartidge and an Ayre qb9 DSD dac. Kind of an eclectic mix, but it works for me :) |