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| 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. | |
| Thiel Owners robinbarbour,Believe me, I know! That's one big sticking point for me, the fact you can't seem to get these things anymore. But if I really want to solve the problem I'm dealing with, I would have to sell the Thiels in order to afford anything t... | |
| Thiel Owners Listening to the Thiel 3.7s again last night...boy I don’t know if I can give these things up! It’s amazing the degree to which you can dial in a speaker (especially like the 3.7) to one’s taste - far field, near field, toed in, toed out. As I’ve ... | |
| Let's talk Tweeters! erik,cool.Sorry I'm not going to be able to add particularly technical info to the thread. I only had listening impressions to give at this point. | |
| Let's talk Tweeters! erik,I made my comments in regards to the tweeters used in the speakers I mentioned, and how I perceived their effect. Do I understand then that you are looking only for technical contributions? Maybe this is more of a DIY speaker builder discuss... | |
| Let's talk Tweeters! I have to echo Duke’s response. I get why you don’t want to mention brands, but it seems to really limit the applicability of the discussion.MBL makes a very specific type of tweeter as far as I know not found elsewhere, and I have no idea if othe... |