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Thiel Owners
Oh man, I took a look for that Smart Sub on ebay and came across an auction that was literally ending in 20 minutes for a Thiel SmartSub SI 1 Integrator!Those were said to be masterful for blending Thiels and Thiel subs, and rarely come up on the ... 
Thiel Owners
dhoff01,Thiel spare parts costs, sent to me quite a while ago from Rob:  CS3.7 coax - $525CS3.7 woofer- $400CS3.7 Passive- $200The 2.7 speaker parts are, as I remember, between $50 to $100 less per part.Sub integration:I haven't had a chance to do... 
The most sophisticated sound you ever heard
I'll answer simply appealing to whatever pops into my mind, sonically, when I think of the term "sophisticated."MBL 101E speakers, in a couple different set ups.They just did everything: limitless sounding resolution, imaging, dynamics, and the wi... 
Thiel Owners
FYI:The"more bad news at Thiel" thread panicked me a bit.I am still deciding on which Thiels - 2.7 or 3.7 - to keep and I'll want spare drivers for whichever one (e.g. spare coax and spare woofers/passive).   I spoke to Rob G. and as I understo... 
More Bad News AT Thiel
For Thiel lovers, a visit to the current "Thiel" website is just sad.  It's like returning to one of the great High End restaurants only to find they are now only serving "convenient" frozen dinners.What an awful move. 
More Bad News AT Thiel
"Next phase" will be selling bathroom products with the Thiel logo. 
KEF, ProAc, Monitor Audio and others
Well, I'm glad Yoda has apparently joined the thread.Now I just have to parse the language - or pay the money -  in order to move to the next dimension.  
Are you Sirius?
I loathe...LOATHE!...Sirius!!!And it's not actually because of the music.  It's for this reason:As many have experienced, my new car (a Volkswagen Golf, several years ago when it was new), came loaded with a month trial period of Sirius.I did not ... 
Michael Fremer's system
As for "not getting great sound" in a room like that...Some of the best sound I've ever heard were large speakers in small rooms.  (That includes mine, but I've heard higher end speakers in other small rooms).   Often a small room means the speake... 
What is it that you don't like about your Listening Room ?
I designed the AV room of my dreams, completed in 2010.  My front room, 13ft x 15ft, had always been my two channel listening room and sounded excellent.  But I got into home theater/projection big time and totally reno'd the room to have a 4 way ... 
Thiel Owners
oblgny,I hope some day you get a chance to try the 3.7s in your system.  Apparently Jim was deliberately going for a higher efficiency than previous Thiels (Stereophile measure it just under 91.dB).  The impedance was low, but as I've said many ti... 
Gradient Revolution Opinions
All I know is that when I had my Quad 63/Gradient Subwoofer combo (built for the Quads), it was the most seamless dynamic speaker/panel match I've ever heard, before or since.The bass was almost as boxless as the Quad sound.  Though, it also lacke... 
Help! Subwoofer Newbie Problems!
gdnrbob,Thanks.  Unfortunately I don't have flexibility with the choice of subwoofers.  My 2 channel speakers share the room with my home theater system, which is projection based.  I only have a limited area along the front screen wall to place a... 
Help! Subwoofer Newbie Problems!
yogiboy,Unfortunately this is the last day I have to evaluate the subs before the return policy expires.  So that's why I've been frantic to try and diagnose these problems.  JL Audio won't be open today. 
Help! Subwoofer Newbie Problems!
I only have one more day with these things so I have to figure this out fast.The subs worked when I took a line off the speaker terminals to the high level speaker input of the subs.But in the following set up, I'm still not getting sound:  Speake...