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| Thiel Owners Heads up: There's a Conrad Johnson Premier 350SA For sale on Audiogon right now. Highly valued classic that rarely comes up and I'm not sure if it's in this thread or others, people have raved about the pair of Thiels with that amp. | |
| Thiel Owners Tom,Thanks very much for the detail. I'm not a handy-man type so wouldn't do that myself, but I'm saving that info and maybe some day I can get a local speaker repair shop to do it for me (if not send them to Rob).BTW, speaking of getting the 2.... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthielI think I've brought this up before but...One of the differences I heard between my 3.7 and 2.7s was a finer, more subtle sense of detail on the 3.7s and the 3.7s "disappeared" a bit better.So even if an instrument or voice was panned har... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I’ve have a pair of Thiel 02 speakers for 26 years that I don’t intend to let go. I throw them in to my system once in a while and still love the sound. | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? milpaiUnderstood.I found to my utter surprise that the D7 sounded somewhat wiry, hard and forward in the high frequencies and I had to keep turning it down.Confused by this I looked up other user reports and found a number of other people felt the... | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? Spendor D7.Ain't no Spendor sound there, really. I found it a more fatiguing speaker than almost any other I auditioned. | |
| Devores and Omegas - input please twoleftearsUnderstandable. The O series is very finicky to set up in particular for soundstaging. I've heard them sound shallow, but also quite spacious and deep (the 96s, never got tons of depth from the 93s).As for Audio Note: I auditioned t... | |
| Devores and Omegas - input please bjesienThat was a very interesting post, thank you.I’ve seen a number of people say they think something is a bit amiss in the crossover region in the Devore O speakers, though it seems to be more particular to the O/93 from what I can tell. I’m s... | |
| Devores and Omegas - input please charles,Yes, I think that people who hear something like the Devore O series as colored or too rich, departing from "neutral" are generally comparing them to the sound of more "neutral" speakers, not necessarily to real sounds. So they know what t... | |
| Devores and Omegas - input please Glad it was of use. | |
| Devores and Omegas - input please @jjss49I love the Devore O series speakers, especially the O/96. Though the O/93 shares the essential traits. I auditioned both models extensively and did much commentary in my thread here:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/contemplating-devor... | |
| Why so few speakers with Passive Radiators? Here’s why a passive radiator is worse than a port.And yet the Thiel speakers I’ve owned (2.7 and especially 3.7) that used passive radiators produced the most controlled, integrated bass I’ve ever heard in a floor standing speaker. Go figure...as... | |
| Upgrading from Thiel 2.7 to Sonus Faber or Focal??? Sounds like you'll just have to get the SFs and keep the Thiels.That's the route I took.When I auditioned a ton of speakers as possible replacements I'd come back and listen again on the same tracks on my Thiel 2.7s. This just showed how great t... | |
| Upgrading from Thiel 2.7 to Sonus Faber or Focal??? samzx12I did a lengthy audition of the Magico A3 and had the same reaction.Especially the bass: it seemed a bit "flubby" even though it was in a room with particularly good characteristics for bass reproduction and was being well driven by an SS a... | |
| Upgrading from Thiel 2.7 to Sonus Faber or Focal??? FYI: The Joseph Audio Perspective 2 (or 1) are easy loads for tube amps. My CJ Premier 12s drive my Perspectives beautifully. |