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| what speakers to buy sbs38,I'm curious: has the Merlin sound changed over the years?I had experience with the older VSMs that everyone used to rave about.For me they utterly epitomized "hi-fi" that was detailed and quick, but dry and utterly without soul or tonal colo... | |
| Thiel Owners arniespin,Congrats on the 3.7s!"These guys just vanish in an almost spooky way."Yep, it's really something isn't it? Pretty much every review remarks on that quality of the Thiels. And the fact they "disappear" through the entire spectrum, bass ... | |
| Anyone listen to the new audio physics Kodex speaker? sunnyjim,The same could be said about many if not most high end audio products. The Codex are under $20,000. The Avanti certainly sounded competitive with numerous offerings I heard around the same price or more. FWIW, the 6 Moons review of th... | |
| Anyone listen to the new audio physics Kodex speaker? I don't know if you can fix your thread title, but they are spelled "Codex."Anyway, I've been quite interested in the Codex. I've always loved audio physic speakers, have owned them before. A local place has AP speakers and I went to listen to ... | |
| Thiel Owners What Song, Album or Genre do you use to set up your speakers ?Well I truly love all types of music so I'll go through quite a variety, from electronica, disco, rock, funk, jazz, classical, folk, world...you name it. If I'm auditioning a speaker I... | |
| what speakers to buy I've been interested in hearing the Boenicke speakers given their growing rep for great sound in a small form factor. Unfortunately they have very little North American presence (non in Canada). Probably the most open and natural sounding speaker... | |
| Thiel Owners arniespin,Before I had any Meadowlark speakers in my home I was well acquainted with the popular Shearwaters. I ended up with the Blue Heron speakers for a while, and also owned the stand mounted Meadowlarks Swallow. What I loved about the Meadowl... | |
| Spendor, Harbeth...why so hot ? yashu,I'm curious if you ever tried tube amplification with your Thiels. That's my preference. I could see Thiels being a bit more relentless with SS amps, especially if one's room isn't very damped. But for me in a well controlled room, with C... | |
| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? Wonderful to hear about Rob's help, Chris. Thanks! I'm glad you got your Thiels singing again. | |
| what speakers to buy dragonbutxIf you really have to buy without listening I’d be inclined to point you toward Revel speakers. The reason is that they are very well engineered, having been guided by many decades of research using true scientific studies on what type o... | |
| Spendor, Harbeth...why so hot ? avanti,Given I really enjoy speakers that disappear and soundstage (though I’m first concerned with tonality), I’m experienced in getting the best soundstaging out of speakers in my room. I did indeed listen in nearfield, as that is my preferred s... | |
| Spendor, Harbeth...why so hot ? soundsrealaudio,I have to disagree: nothing in audio, especially speakers, is that simple.Any end result for a speaker is about execution, and no one simple approach predicts one will be more successful than the other. I've had several speakers th... | |
| Thiel Owners Rob,Yes, about that close to either the 3.7 or 2.7. I tend to listen to one pair for a couple weeks, then swap them for the other pair.Angling varies depending on how wide I've placed them or if I desire more lively sound. I only ever use the ti... | |
| Spendor, Harbeth...why so hot ? It's a thread bump, but what the heck...I always greatly enjoyed Spendors and my friend's S100s were one of my introductions to high end audio (along with his Quad ESL 63s, which I later bought).I've had a pair of the small, classic 3/5s doing dut... | |
| Ugly vs Gogeous speakers Beauty certainly is in the eye of the beholder. James mentioned someone's wife dry-heaving over the look of the MBLs.The MBLs have always been divisive: as an example of more "way out there" industrial design, I actually find them beautiful. Pro... |