jon_5912
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| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker There's a bit of anti-bridging hysteria on this thread. I've run bridged, vertical bi-amp and regular and the idea that bridging is necessarily bad is silly. Current certainly doesn't go down in bridged mode. Watts are volts times amps and vol... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel - happy birthday. I'm certainly happy you're here. There aren't a lot of places for audio enthusiasts to get knowledgeable opinions from someone who doesn't need to be biased because their livelihood is wrapped up in selling something.... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof, I completely agree that Thiels aren't remotely thin, bright or harsh. My experience is mainly with the 2 2 and 3.7. From what I've read both are on the warm side of the average Thiel. That said, I can't imagine anyone finding either of t... | |
| Thiel Owners @thielrules, I measured my 3.7s with a single Cambridge 840w because I felt the bass was lacking. I did it using test tones and my Behringer ultracurve and measurement mic. The weak bass didn't show up in the measurements as it measured fine. I... | |
| Thiel Owners I'd guess the 2.4 is the best in some ways. I've never heard them but it's the last Jim Thiel designed 3-way with an 8" woofer. I don't know if there's any hard and fast rule but there are definitely advantages to not having huge jumps in driver... | |
| Thiel Owners @anthonymoody I’ve got a couple of HT receivers that I’ve used to drive various speakers with and I thought they did fine. One is a Yamaha, one a Pioneer Elite. Both had list prices around $900. Receivers, at least some of them, have come a long w... | |
| Powered speaker pair for $200-$300? cyber Monday deal on JBL 305P - <$200/pair. Its predecessor the LSR305 was very popular. For under $300, powered speakers are the way to go unless you go used. You could probably go to a pawn shop and find an old rec... | |
| Thiel Owners I'm wondering if there are cases where what sounds like an amp problem is actually a preamp problem or impedence mismatch problem. I'm using Bryston preamps in both of my systems. In both cases I've run the systems with only a volume controlled ... | |
| Thiel Owners I think having products for home theater and also some very expensive, high margin products is a good idea. Home theater especially should be active and the crossovers should be digital. that would allow for user selectable crossover slopes whic... | |
| Thiel Owners I'm curious about the ultimate performance speaker box. There's no way I'd ever spend 50k or more on a pair of speakers but I wonder if there are other, far cheaper ways to build the ultimate box out of readily available materials. There was a c... | |
| Thiel Owners I'd guess the reason the 2.7 didn't get a Stereophile review was because Wes Phillips had stopped writing. He reviewed the 3.7 and I think bought them. He reviewed a lot of Thiels over the years. I think by the time the 2.7s came out he was in ... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof,I’d be interested in what is the best way to brace a cabinet as well. I believe Merlin embedded some metal bars in the baffle for this purpose. I’d think something that was deeper than it was wide would be more effective at combatting cabine... | |
| Thiel Owners I have an MCS-1 and 2 2s. I believe the MCS-1 has the same mid/tweeter as the 2.3. I used to use the MCS-1 when I had room for a 5.1 home theater in my basement. My impression after having lived with both for a while is that I preferred the sou... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel, my understanding is that the reduction in shrinkage is mainly due to the fiber. Is that correct? I've been wanting to build a madisound kit and make the baffle out of concrete. I have the concrete, a bag of glass fiber and some plast... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof, that is fun reading. I definitely agree that the 3.7s are not exceptionally hard to drive. They appreciate some power but I don't believe you need a megabuck amp to get a lot out of them. Maybe a huge solid state amp would make a little ... |