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| Thiel Owners I don’t suppose anyone here has heard the heretical new Thiel speakers?Maybe at one of the audio shows? If so, any impressions?I admit that the technical goals of Jim Thiel’s time/phase coherence are compelling to me. And one of the chief characte... | |
| Thiel Owners - "The best part, one does not have to spend big money, to make it happen. In fact, always buy used or demo and save a bit of coin. Every audiophile can afford quality cabling -you would be foolish otherwise." -Completely agree!As an example o... | |
| Thiel Owners robinbarbour,You got it! | |
| Thiel Owners Hi oblgny,I am sympathetic to the desire to squeeze any more performance out of our systems as possible. I certainly succumb to that desire myself.I have come to my conclusions about cables through having paid close attention to the technical arg... | |
| Thiel Owners "Cabling is certainly the most important component in any system"Disagree strongly: Cabling is the least important component in any audio system. But...that's another thread, isn't it :-) | |
| When people upgrade from Thiel I may be able to answer the OP question soon, but let me say that trying to "upgrade" from Thiels is very, very hard...;-) | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks for the info saffron. | |
| Thiel Owners Larry (irsky),Do you mean you worked for Jim Thiel?I had a conversation with Jim at a CES years ago and we got into his motivation regarding speaker design. He told me that he'd originally been very enthusiastic about panel speakers (stats and ri... | |
| Speaker recommendation for married couple Wow, she didn't like vocals on Harbeths and called them "flat?"That's the first speaker I and many others would recommend if someone really cared about vocals on speakers. I don't know what you do when the speaker probably most renowned for natura... | |
| Has anyone considered rebuying a speaker you once owned?? Heh, I'm in close to a similar situation.I may be selling my current floor standers (Thiel 3.7s) for a smaller more mobile pair of speakers, and I can already sense that I will have to live with regret if I do it. In fact, the Thiels are a sort o... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound,Your comments are excellent regarding the sound of the Thiels. (Though, again, associated amplification/position/acoustics can come into play, of course).But I hope you don’t mind if I take some issue with a statement like this:---"All Thi... | |
| Thiel Owners michaeljbrown,Fortunately for me the 3.7s are significantly lighter than the CS6s, especially as I have to move the 3.7s around. The CS6s, which I had in my room years ago, remain my second favorite Thiel speakers behind the 3.7s. They are incre... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,-- "prof and michaeljbrownsit those speakers 7-9 feet apart for best effect. Toe-in may be required as well. Otherwise, kick back and enjoy the music!" ---Check out my post just above yours. I already have mine just under 8 feet apart. No t... | |
| Thiel Owners michaeljbrown,My 3.7's are:7.10 inches apart. Face mostly straight ahead.6 1/2 feet from speakers to my head.And they sound even better if I lean in a bit more. I keep wanting to go more nearfield :-)BTW, as to setting up: With the Thiels, as wi... | |
| Thiel Owners FWIW, I hope to have time Monday or Tuesday to post my listening impressions of some speakers that I've considered for replacing the Thiels. |