jon_5912
Responses from jon_5912
| Thiel Owners I find my 3.7s very lively and satisfying at low volumes. I've read that the superior drivers didn't need the very complex crossover that earlier models did. I also run stereo amps bridged mono so the gain is high and I have found that to result... | |
| system/room equalized flat from 20 to 20k cps--is yours? I've equalized the bass from 20hz to 100hz +-1db. I eventually decided it sounded too weird and gave up on it. I built a couple dozen bass traps and all sorts of absorbing panels. I don't think equalizing the bass to flat is a good idea unless ... | |
| Thiel Owners As someone who went from the B&W 800 series to Thiel about 10 years ago I will be the first one to tell you that you're making a bad decision. I found the Thiels to be better in every area I cared about. The B&Ws will play louder and hav... | |
| ATC50 -- moving : Do you have your foam inserts? You can buy edge and corner protectors, I'd start there. You'll need a big box that probably won't fit perfectly but you could cut cardboard pieces to fill in gaps. 16 Foam Corner Protectors for Shipping Protection Storage & Careful Packagin... | |
| thiel cs 2.2 muffle sounding and very low treble Yeah, most likely some drivers aren't working. The 2.2s are supremely enjoyable neutral speakers, but the first order crossovers mean each driver plays a very wide frequency range. I wouldn't be surprised if they sound muffled because only the w... | |
| Thiel Owners The 3.7 grill is a flat piece of perforated steel, covered in fabric, and attached to the front of the speaker with magnets. I've never thought about this before but the grills on my ATCs are also perforated steel with fabric covers. I've listen... | |
| Active Speaker Choice Nothing can take the room out of the equation. DSP can help some situations but if you've got a resonance at 60hz DSP can't eliminate it. I've got some big active ATCs that I got used for relatively cheap. They aren't DSP but they are unusually... | |
| Thiel Owners As a cable skeptic, I'm wondering how the length of speaker cables plays into this. If we assume that the perfect cable is transparent, shouldn't the ideal situation involve extremely short runs? Since I run mono amps I have a very short run of ... | |
| Do Thiel Audio CS3.7 Rock? When it comes to punch I find my 3.7s are transparent. If a recording lacks punch then it sounds that way. If it has been mastered in a way that makes it sound unnaturally punchy I notice that as well. These speakers will not give punch to reco... | |
| Anyone Successfully Go from Floor Standers to Bookshelf Monitors w/ Subs? There's no way to duplicate a big woofer playing mid and upper bass. I've gone back and forth and the energy isn't there without a big woofer, 8" minimum. The only way I've heard small woofer speakers rival big ones is nearfield. This is a good... | |
| WILSON AUDIO.....BIG NAME, BIG PRICE........ARE THEY THAT GOOD? @celtic66 Do you really think the people marketing range rover, rolex, bose, etc. had some exceptional marketing strategy that sustained these brands for this long? Can't be true. How could it be? They're more evidence of the inability to diffe... | |
| Best stands so baby doesn't knock speaker over I built a simple light wood frame and wrapped it with some cloth mesh from a fabric store. Put it over the entire speaker. It worked fine, didn't look nice but with tiny kids nothing looks nice anyway and you'll be too tired to care. | |
| First HIFI system If it were me I'd stretch for a pair of Vandersteen 1Ci's and just get a used receiver at a pawn shop or ebay or something. Recent AV receivers tend to sound pretty darn good, and since the audio/video processing tends to go obsolete quickly th... | |
| Thiel Owners @sdecker, absolutely, the relaxing nature of Thiels is something that I can't claim to objectively explain but I've experienced it very consistently. It's the thing that bothers you about other speakers not being there. It's funny because I'm ge... | |
| Thiel Owners One of my amps has been shutting off randomly. I've got a pair of Cambridge 840s I run bridged mono powering my 3.7s. They're both 10+ years old and are fairly budget oriented made in China products. I'm on the fence about trying to find someon... |