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| Thiel Owners Beetlemania,I looked at this link http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Cap.html too. Right -- how does this guy have the time, etc to review all these!? But it was interesting to read the various descriptions. I was a little wary of the "warm" sound... | |
| Thiel Owners Tom,You wrote "Regarding outboard crossovers, tread lightly. The crossover network works in an environment of the woofer magnetic field and the close proximity between various crossover inductors as well as vibration."In my conversations with Rob ... | |
| Thiel Owners Excellent news. Thanks for keeping us informed. | |
| Thiel Owners I engaged in an email exchange with Rob last week re upgrading the caps on my 3.7s. He told me "To upgrade the CS3.7, a 76uf, 151uf, and a 16uf cap would need to be installed in each cabinet." I was unable to find these values. He then suggested ... | |
| Thiel Owners Tom,By " The improvements relate to dielectric absorption and are therefore in the time domain and result in slight smear and sonic residue. "are you really saying that these improvements result in smear? Or was that just a typo? Thanks! | |
| Thiel Owners Everyone,I spoke with Rob, an excellent individual and one of the nicest people on the planet, yesterday. He is in the process of buying the repair service. There is no need to worry. I also asked about the idea of recapping my 3.7s. He told me th... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetlemania,Does " Yes this will be done at my lab and fully tested on the analyzer before shipping " mean that you have to ship the speakers to him for this to be installed? It is unclear how this answers your question:" Is this done in your sho... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetlemania,Your remark "I'll venture to guess that a tricked-out CS2.4 would retail for $10-15K but compete sonically with other designs up to $40K. A tricked-out CS3.7 might retail in low $20Ks but be considered as among the best speakers availa... | |
| Thiel Owners I'm very happy with my vintage Classe ca-300 with my 3.7s. | |
| Thiel Owners I just bought a pair of barely broken-in 3.7s a few weeks ago from a private party. Considering the news, I was concerned about the longevity of the repair service that Rob Gillum at Thiel runs, so I called him. Things are indeed in a state of flu... | |
| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? Parts/repair ARE available:Rob GillumTHIEL Service763 Newtown Pike, #130, Lexington KY 40511615-866-2290Life is good. | |
| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? Emailed Rob a few hours ago. Will update here. | |
| Thiel Customer Service - New ownership is terrible!!! - WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COMPANY ? I tried calling the KY operation -- just got a prerecorded voice asking me to leave a message. No "you have reached ... etc." Very strange. Does anyone know how to reach these people? I did speak with Rob about a year ago when contemplating a mo... | |
| Thiel Owners The latest Thiel site is horrifying.nkonor -- I looked in vain for any sign of " Will Thiel actually make Legacy models on "Special Order" and at what costs? For how long? "I didn't see anything that would lead me to believe that was the case.... | |
| Thiel Owners jon, My system: besides 2 2s, Classe ca-300, Rotel RCD 990 as transport into Berkeley Alpha DAC Series 2, Bybee power conditioner, Magnan cables.Listening room: 20' x 20'prof,Thanks -- I did see that listing. Unfortunately, black is the only color... |