jon_5912
Responses from jon_5912
| Thiel Owners I've found my 3.7s to be power hungry but not so power hungry that I thought I needed a huge, super-expensive amplifier. I have a pair of Cambridge 840s that I think drive the 3.7 great. You can get a pair of the current model 851w for 3-4k. Th... | |
| Thiel Owners I'm using a pair of Cambridge 840s. They're a lot smaller than the CA-300. Their combined power is probably comparable to a single CA-300. I have my doubts about whether a pair of CA-300s would be significantly better than one. That's 1,700 wa... | |
| Thiel Owners I had a similar experience with the bass in my 3.7s sounding a bit weak. I got out my measurement mic and real time analyzer to measure it and it measured fine on sine waves. Still, it bothered me enough that when the store I bought the amp at w... | |
| The most fun you can have in audio is DIYing your own speakers I've been thinking about trying to build some speakers for a long time but haven't done it. I'm going to start simple, probably a little 2 way from Madisound. One thing I'd like to do is build a box that is stiffer than the 3/4" MDF. I was thin... | |
| My daughter pushed my tweeter in-HELP! Take the cardboard piece from inside a used up toilet paper or paper towel roll, put it up against the tweeter and gently suck it out yourself. | |
| Thiel Owners The listening height thread reminded me that I think anyone who finds Thiels to be bright sounding should try fiddling with the height of their seat a bit. I find this can make a noticeable difference in the balance and it's free. | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? A resonant box adds distortion that is not coming from the real recording. People like all sorts of colorations but don't imagine it's more realistic. | |
| Thiel Owners I hate to always be contrary but from what I've read the PS audio BHK amps are voiced similarly to most Classe amps. Both tend to be slightly on the laid back side. It seems to me that the Classe amps should be balanced by some crystal clear sol... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? @dave_b - speakers aren't the same. Musical instruments are designed to resonate. That's how they get their distinctive sounds. Speakers, on the other hand, are designed not to resonate. The less they resonate, the less of their own sound they... | |
| Thiel Owners The 3.7s are kind of difficult to get in the boxes, I've done it twice I think. They're only around 100 lbs, though. I replaced a pair of B&W N802s with the 3.7s and I almost killed myself getting the B&Ws up the basement stairs. My bac... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? The Thiel CS 7 had a concrete baffle. There have been others. Thiel stopped using concrete because it was too hard to ship without breaking. I think the performance was great. I think it'd be an interesting challenge to build a really high per... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? If I had time I'd love to play around with this. I'd try routing patterns in mdf and filling them with high strength concrete. A bag of 6,500 psi concrete costs $8 and it's hard for me to believe it couldn't be used in combination with other mat... | |
| Thiel Owners pops, I love both the ATCs and the Thiels. Both are great products intended to be as accurate as possible but with somewhat different ways of going about it. ATCs are usually active and the company is mainly known for pro audio. ATC has been bu... | |
| Thiel Owners When my 3.7 mid blew it made a very noticeable scraping sound. | |
| Thiel Owners I blew the midrange on my 3.7s the first few months I had them. I was listening to Beethoven The Revolutionary loud. I took the driver out myself and it didn't look scorched or anything to me. That was back in 2012 and they've been fine since t... |