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| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? The 3.7 is not bright. If somebody finds it bright it's because they have bright electronics, a bright room and/or prefer a rolled off sound. I agree. The Soundstage measurements of the CS2.4, for example, show an exceptionally flat respons... | |
| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? I remembered some sentence mentioned about the brightness of 3.7. I don't know if 3.7 needs more attention to be matched up with front end. Perceived brightness with the 3.7s (and other Thiel models) probably says more about the partnering equi... | |
| Thiel Owners I believe that some ( especially me ) 2.7 owners hope the Rob Gillum comes up with a crossover board upgrade Make your opinions known here. Tom Thiel intends to help Rob Gillum engineer XO upgrades for multiple Thiel models . . . and he is monitor... | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature II: Is it worth the price of $2700? Why are so many for sale? noit competes technically with $5 k stuffYep, if my budget goes to $5K you can be sure the 2Ce Sig II is on the short list. My pair might be one the OP is speaking of, tho'. I just moved to used Thiel CS2.4SE. Tom Thiel and Rob Gillum may soon ha... | |
| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? I've heard the CS7.2 and 3.7 but a few years apart, different rooms, systems . . . Both are excellent, no doubt. The coax driver in the 3,7 is probably better than that in the 7.2. Makes sense given that it is a later model and would include more ... | |
| Thiel Owners @arvincastro Nice system! I imagine you're very happy with your sound. I would own ARC if Ayre was not a thing. Enjoy! | |
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| Thiel Owners BUT, where does such a move leave the line / other products, niche reputation, etc? Yes, tough decisions and I have no business armchair quarterbacking Thiel's choices. Speaking of the CS5, I recall reading on AudioAsylum that Charles Hansen re... | |
| Thiel Owners brands like Thiel that stay on top of the cost/performance tradeoff are likely to have better products than the cost no object "luxury" brands I agree but still wish that Thiel had a full-out assault on SOTA speaker. Not that I could ever hope ... | |
| Thiel Owners Eventually I hope to have upgrade paths for various legacy Thiel products that Rob can supply. Haha, I can see it now. I'll get my pair dialed-in then you and Rob will come out with a kit for the 2.4s. There is no end to audiophile nervosa! the... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel *Super* helpful. I owe you a beer or three. Next step is to pull a radiator and see how much room I have to work with. The solution with SA/CSA/Mundorf Supreme is the least expensive (of the options I'm considering) and with the smallest... | |
| Thiel Owners Thank you *so* much for all this great info, Tom! I think any changes would be small enough to dismiss OK, I'll keep this as an option depending on space. I don't know the relative merits of CMR vs Mundorf. Reading the anonymous writer at hum... | |
| Thiel Owners 7' from the wall is a great luxury. Do you also have a high ceiling? Ceiling bounce is a real issue. I'm kidding about getting the 7s. The 7.2s were close to the best I've heard but I'd rather tweak out these 2.4s (for now!). My room is vaulted ... | |
| Thiel Owners Rob might have an upgrade path for those CS7s Upgrading those to 7.2 and modding the XO could make those *really* sing! In my room, the speakers are 7' from the front wall . . . | |
| Thiel Owners I like the CSA +, + with the 0.33 being a teflon or other ultra-grade cap if possible. Ultra bypasses are far less important on the woofer, put more value on the coax feeds Thanks for this, Tom! I have yet to remove the passive radiator to... |