jon_5912
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| 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 ... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof, pre-concentric driver Thiels have that same phase cancellation effect. If you're fairly close to them and move your head around vertically you'll notice huge shifts in sound. I still love my 2 2s, though. It's hard for me to imagine anyb... | |
| Thiel Owners As I've said in the past, I use a pair of Cambridge 840s with my 3.7s and I think they're completely adequate, at least at the moderate volumes I listen at. You'd pay in the 3-4k range for a pair. I know a guy who hangs around on audioasylum use... | |
| Thiel Owners @andy2, I've been wondering that myself. For those of us who mostly use digital playback I think the ultimate setup will use digital/software crossovers that can be switched to whatever you want. Heck, my 12 year old Velodyne sub has this option... | |
| Thiel Owners It is kind of a tragedy that the 2.7/3.7 coax isn't being produced any more. I've thought about it and it seems the theoretical ideal would be if Vandersteen would buy the Thiel name and produce a few models. Since it's a first order company as ... | |
| Best speakers for $300/pr One thing to keep in mind, at that price there are frequently speakers that are produced in pretty high quantities. It's not too hard to find big discounts. Since people buying in this price range aren't particularly discerning usually, you may ... | |
| Help for a Greenhorn: Devialet Phantom Reactor vs. KEF LS50 powered vs. Audio Pro Drumfire When you look at a picture of the Devialet Phantom Reactor it is obvious that it is a form before function product. That doesn't mean it's bad. It's being marketed to a completely different crowd than the kef LS50 is, though. It's almost an app... | |
| Thiel Owners To me the Thiel sound is the sound that makes me forget about the sound. There's nothing about it that bothers me. I don't understand why. Maybe it's because of the first order phase correct crossover. There definitely aren't any frequency res... | |
| Thiel Owners @tom, the crossover is much steeper but the ATC mid is crossed over at 380 while the CS2.4 is at 800. Since it was created as a pro driver it was made for loud volume, reliability, temperature stability. |