Thiel Owners

 @tomthiel, thanks again. I don’t think I have enough room to pull the speakers from the front wall. But, if I did, well ……

It’s interesting that you preferred internal bi-wiring, as that’s the opposite to what Richard Vandersteen suggests. Then again many of his speakers have user adjustable controls on board. FWIW, Bruno Putzeys has suggested that with amplifiers distortion levels having decreased so much; the benefits of bi-wiring can now be appreciated. I don’t have strong feelings one way or the other(s).

In my fairly extensive wire and cable trials over the past few years, I found considerably more sonic variation between bi-wired cable and mono-wired cable. Since Thiel speakers were thoroughly engineered for single wire, that form represents the target performance. I can't replicate the claimed improvements for bi-wiring. 

I recognize that wire/cable is used to alter performance towards personal preferences, which is the owners' prerogative. I am keeping Jim's designs intact and looking for ways to improve performance while honoring the original intents and methods. Single speaker cable is among those design decisions.

wisinskt

Welcome!  good to see you here. Nice score on those CS 2.4 speakers. Thank You for citing your CSS experience with Rob, now Gary. Glad you had a positive rebuild.  Currently, what gear is in your System? Are you still located in the Dallas / Metroplex area?

Happy Listening!

beetlemania

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Happy Listening!

unsound,

Yes sir two pair of CS5i. Running one set with Class A mono’s is a test of endurance in addition to the heat generated that it being summer in the south. 

Running two sets in same room would be as hot as fish grease I’m sure,  but I’m game to try it sometime. 

I enjoy reading your posts and the thought put into them.