jon_5912
Responses from jon_5912
| Wide dispersion + high efficiency + detail + coherence in a speaker? ATC Active 40 or 50. Active means efficiency isn't a factor. Lots of detail, coherence, dispersion. The pro 50 is better but the home 40 may be voiced for home use and sound better at low volumes. | |
| Thiel Owners I definitely remember reading that Jim thought that biwiring caused more problems than it solved. Sounds like he tried it once, decided it was a bad idea, and never did it again. "A single pair of five-way binding posts on the loudspeaker's bott... | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? A number of years ago (10 or 15?) I read that when Harbeth started getting more popular they had to decide whether they wanted to upscale the company to meet demand or raise prices and keep their production capabilities stable. They decided to ra... | |
| Individual International Seller Scam I agree with the guy who says to google for pictures. I've found a couple of deals that appeared to be too good to be true and when I googled what was for sale I found the exact picture used in the ad. I saw the same thing on craigslist where a ... | |
| Why are so many people trying to sell Harbeths? I can't find a dealer list for Harbeth in the US. Fidelis is the distributor but they don't seem to list other dealers. I know there are a few but I'm not sure how much of a presence Harbeth actually has. They get talked about a lot but I'm gue... | |
| Thiel Owners @beetlemania, I don't think it did too badly at low volumes but I cranked it up pretty quickly to see how it would do with something loud and meaty and it wasn't up to it. I was at the dealer and I didn't spend a whole lot of time listening for su... | |
| Thiel Owners For long posts that take a while to write you should enter them in notepad first and then paste them into the web page when you're finished. That way if something goes wrong when you push post you won't lose it and can just do it again. | |
| Thiel Owners @beetlemania - I'm not 100% sure but I think it was the little one. | |
| Thiel Owners I heard the Ayre integrated with the 3.7s when I was auditioning them and I definitely wouldn't recommend that combination. It'd be fine at low volumes but lost definition when you cranked it up a little bit. I was surprised at the difference I ... | |
| Scoring on Used Thiels here Thiels have always had fairly poor resale value. It's a testament to the bad taste of an awful lot of audiophiles. I got a used pair of 2 2s 7 or 8 years ago and they were a revelation. For a small amount of money I got some fantastic sounding ... | |
| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? I was curious how something as ridiculous as the current Thiel ownership could have come about. I did a few Google searches and found a few things including the below link. I'm betting the David B. Griffin in this article is the same David B. Gr... | |
| How can Wilson Audio speakers sound that good if they are using OEM drivers? I'm no Wilson fan but in my opinion the exotic materials used by some companies are about talk rather than performance. I had B&W for a long time and when I moved on I was kind of angry that the aluminum drivers of my new speakers sounded so ... | |
| Budget American made speakers? music direct has an open box pair of Vandersteen VLRs for $995.https://www.musicdirect.com/speakers/Vandersteen-VLR-Wood-Bookshelf-Speakers-Cherry-Pr-OPEN-BOX | |
| Thiel Owners Great news. I have no interest in ever trying to upgrade my 3.7s since any significant upgrade is likely to be way more money than I'm willing to spend. On the other hand, I could see myself having an upgrade done to the crossovers or something ... | |
| Thiel Owners Wow, those radiators are definitely beat up and one looks like the surround is probably not connected at all on one side. Not surprised nobody wants these. |