I've had pretty much all my speakers shipped, usually from the USA to Canada. So far no problems, but I have to say if anything is going to cure me of my speaker obsession it's shipping and receiving - I think I'm done shipping big speakers! What a hassle.
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arniespin, You deserve these because I did what I have done before....hesitated because of the distance between me and the 3.7s. I did not want to chance the shipping. I could not convince my wife that we needed a vacation to Tulsa. I thought I had worked out a deal for him to personally deliver them to Birmingham for 4K, but I think my extra money wasn't worth the 22 hour round trip. I was lucky to find a mint pair of CS3.6s for $1.2K about 100 miles from me 5 years ago, and I have bought and sold several speakers since then never bettering the magic I get with my Thiels. This included the Revel Ultima Salon2s which lasted only about a month before I sold them. Boy, were they a disappointment, and I had to crate and freight those across the country over 2000 miles. Yes, welcome arniespin and I look forward to hearing your impressions of the 3.7s. Also, I think most of us would like to hear about the rest of your system. Maybe you can add your "virtual system" to Audiogon. Cheers, Jon |
AH, Found the Thiel thread. Just got a pair of CS2 and am putting it through the paces. Powered by a Modwright KSA 150 SE with a 9.0 Anniversary Pre. Marantz SA-11 SACD player. Only had them for 2 days and hav not had time for a good session or time to read this thread, but my initial impressions are that these are sweet sounding speakers. More to follow. Jeff |
We have a couple of new Thiel owners, so if you haven't seen this site, its a good start for understanding legacy Thiels. https://coherentsource.wordpress.com/ |
jonandfamily. Wow, you got rid of the Revel Ultima Salon2s? Those are among the most universally lauded flagship speakers! And you probably know they were designed via the blind-testing facilities at Harmon. There's a big thread on them, along with great input by Floyd Toole, at the AVSforum. Can you tell me what disappointed you about the Revels? I haven't heard that model, but I've auditioned a couple slightly lower on the rung and while I was generally impressed as they sounded really neutral and well designed, I still preferred my Thiel 3.7s (and 2.7s). Something about that Thiel tone, soundstaging, realism... |
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