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| Thiel Owners Oh man, that interview with the new CEO!She kept talking about how the company had to remember they are a "speaker company" and that was their identity. Said it numerous times.But when it comes to speakers what does she say? Aside from a pair of... | |
| Thiel Owners The first post-Jim Thiels actually got some good reviews. I really think they may have done better under a new company name. I think putting them under "Thiel’ actually hurt them, because the whole reason Thiel’s name meant anything had to do with... | |
| Thiel Owners Anyone visit the current Thiel website lately?Boy it's depressing. It looks like a company that is almost gone, like a generic web site selling over the net lifestyle products:https://www.thielaudio.com/I went through it wondering "where are the ... | |
| Anyone Had Extended Listening Experience With MBL? The OP has posted only 5 times in the last 7 years, started 4 threads with a perfect record of asking a question and then disappearing.Wish I checked before bothering to answer. Boo! | |
| Not Enough Options for Auditioning Speakers soundsrealaudio,That is perfectly understandable. A dealer or speaker manufacturer at a show is there to show the product in the best light possible. It's a show to benefit the manufacturer/dealer, not set up for attendees to do their shopping.O... | |
| Anyone Had Extended Listening Experience With MBL? LOL, I had absolutely no idea what you were talking about until I finally saw the word "car" at the end. I'm not a car guy. But whatever that meant, you have my sympathies :-) | |
| Anyone Had Extended Listening Experience With MBL? dlcockrum,Talking about "stupid money.."I once had a chance to bid for a once-in-a-lifetime priced MBL 101Ds (I think on audiogon). I was in a bidding war and put in my last bid, way leaping over the other guy, in the last 10 seconds or so. A so... | |
| Anyone Had Extended Listening Experience With MBL? I’ve been a huge fan of MBL since the late 90’s, when I heard the first truly realistic rendering of drums and especially drum cymbals, at a CES show. It blew my mind how much more natural and realistic the MBLs sounded vs everything else at the s... | |
| Thiel Owners tmsrdg,I hear you. My listening room is a main floor room which I try to maintain as the nicest looking room in the house (first room you see when you step in our door). Aesthetics are a high priority so I always insist when I can on waiting on ... | |
| Thiel Owners FYI...there's a pair of 3.7s now listed on Audiogon. | |
| Thiel Owners kevinaudio,Given you've expressed some reservations about spending too much on speaker cables, if you want to get off that merry-go-round you can always get professional, competently made cables by Beldon which will pass all the same electrons as ... | |
| Thiel Owners oblgny,I agree the Meadowlark speakers can be wonderful. I’d listened to most of their models (when they existed) and ended up with the Blue Heron speakers at my house for a while. IMO, The Meadowlark sound was characterized by a natural organic w... | |
| Thiel Owners vair68robert,My 3.7 Thiels are in the Morado (red finish with deep wood grain).They are gorgeous, though my room is done in a deliberate brown, cream and black accent, so speakers with those tones tend to sit beautifully in the room. (I've cons... | |
| Thiel Owners vair68robert,First, congrats on your purchase!I'm taken aback by your reporting of all those 2.7s for sale, as I had (and have) been following that market for quite a while and the 2.7s were even more rare than the 3.7s. (In fact, it took two yea... | |
| Thiel Owners Yeah, there will likely always be old Thiel speakers available on the second hand market. But Jim’s last great Thiels, the 3.7 and 2.7,* are damned rare on the market now. I’ve been keeping track. When I look at my 3.7/2.7s I think "whoa I’m lucky... |