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Thiel Owners
hi Tom,  i wanted to let you know i had a nice little correspondence with Dana Cunningham and mentioned that you had recommended her music.  She thinks the world of you.  Kent 
Thiel Owners
Easy.  I use the cable provided by REL and run it to the speaker connections on the back of the amp.  REL sounds much better this way, and is their preferred hookup,  over going to the low level inputs. If you have a PS amp,  you will need an extr... 
Thiel Owners
I will add my two cents here:  A good friend and I both own 3.7's, and found they improved a lot with the addition of a good sub (we both got REL S/5 SHO).  the comment above "The one thing the Thiel’s do wrong is I believe they compress and dis... 
Thiel Owners
hi guys,  it was great having bighemp here and really introducing him to what a properly set up home system can do.  thanks Jafant for your kind words.   so much of the thread has been about the updates that TT and others are working on,  and trut... 
Thiel Owners
hi Bighempin,   it was great seeing you and i am so glad you enjoyed your visit.   I am honored and pleased that my system sounded so good to you.   I  am such a huge fan of the PS gear and think the BHK amps are fantastic with Thiel speakers (at ... 
Looking for ideas - new mono blocks for stereo music
per a few votes above,  i would strongly suggest the PS Audio BHK mono blocks.   I have the 250 stereo amp and it is fabulous driving my Thiel 3.7 speakers.  I want to put a strong plug in for their new power regenerators as they are incredible.  ... 
AC Regenerator
I have owned many generations of the PS Power Plants. They are well worth the money.   here is my review on the new P15.  https://www.psaudio.com/products/directstream-power-plant-15/#tab-reviewshttp://  
Thiel CS2.4 to what?
greetings,   i went from a set of 2.4's to a set of 2.7's and that was a great  move.  agree about adding a sub and I like the REL that i have.  good luck.PS:  my 2.7's and now 3.7's do great with the PS Audio BHK 250 amp 
Recommendations for a few high SQ classical CDs
thanks guys for all the great suggestions.  i have a reasonably large (500 or so) of classical cds and there are many above that i need to look into.  my suggestion for an outstanding recording both performance wise and SQ wise is this cd:  https:... 
Thiel Owners
Tom:  thank you so much for the info on the speaker grills.   I posted the link above just because i thought it was interesting.  It does not surprise me a  bit that Thiel speakers would not treat them as an after thought.   I still remember calli... 
Thiel Owners
i had forgotten that 
Thiel Owners
speaker grills:  friend or foe.  https://audiophilereview.com/affordable-speakers/speaker-grill-covers-friend-or-foe.html 
Thiel Owners
congrats Pwhinson.  sounds like you hit a home run with the Pass amp. Professor:  do you have a small stereo shop in your home.   that is a heck of a speaker collection.   
Thiel Owners
Dan:  I certainly understand about your speakers starting to morph.   mine were actually pretty bad the first night i heard them but now they are fantastically good. Jeff Joseph speakers are great and I am adding Magico because I liked what I hea... 
Thiel Owners
i have played with it over the years and found sitting with my ear about 4" below the tweeter and about 7.5'-8' away  from the drivers works best