tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Marqmike- PM sent | |
| Thiel Owners beetlemania - Biwire is a special case. There are theoretical and empirical advantages. I've gotten good results with internally-biwired cable (in the same jacket). Problems arise with separate runs that the speaker designer can't control. An ind... | |
| Thiel Owners beetlemania - I’m brewing the tea we started those several years ago. It’s getting richer and stronger. Among the many lessons learned were real developments in wire and cable. You and I both like Cardas; very well conceived and executed desi... | |
| Thiel Owners gmosley - Room placement is an art of its own. This forum can guide you to literature / information on that subject. Thiel products are wide-dispersion transducers, so try to keep them away from side walls or treat the walls more so than with many... | |
| Thiel Owners thieleste - I concur with vair68robert - Cardas is a good, albeit expensive, solution. Background in brief: Thiel discovered its 18-2 x tight twist in teflon via aerospace, and solved otherwise insurmountable problems developing the 1978 model 03... | |
| Thiel Owners ekohn00 No schedules yet. But I can tell you that the SCS4 has been our development workhorse for over a year and therefore will be first in line, including re-balancing for stand-mount use, plus our own stand that can accommodate outboard cr... | |
| Thiel Owners gmosley - first pass is to try Rob @ Coherent Source Service. Next pass is to know that a group of us are working on upgrade packages of parts and implementations for existing classic Thiel products. The CS3.5 is on the A list. New grilles will b... | |
| Thiel Owners Devin - Thiel crossover schematics state the max tolerance of each cap. Some are 5%, some 10%. Among the strategies, I prefer to try for close to equal values when splitting. I've learned end-reversal via trials. E-caps are fundamentally symmetric... | |
| Thiel Owners devin - Replacing like with like components is certainly the safest. Many folks underestimate the intricate co-dependence of all the elements. Even layout changes affect the subtle outcomes. Keeping values at original levels is a good start, but v... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetle - our project was good both ways. Thank you for your careful and complete evaluations and reports. Even though we both think that you got seriously upgraded performance, there are actually big gains to be attained with less expenditure. One... | |
| Thiel Owners lars - a few thoughts. I have rather recent acquisitions of both CS5i and CS2.4, but not much actual experience with either of them. I’ll jump to my conclusion first which is that the 2.4 might well suit your needs better due to what may be your f... | |
| Thiel Owners devinplombier - we did explore low level crossovers. Net result is that we knew our niche which was all analogue and purist. Other folks have done versions of what you suggest. We always looked at overall cost effectiveness and separate amps, cabl... | |
| Thiel Owners duramax - I'll be happy to ruminate on the CS5 baffle. The CS5 followed our 1987 CS3.5 which was a runaway hit, and our most expensive product to date at $2450/pair. Times were good, the market was hot and many manufacturers were presenting $20,00... | |
| Thiel Owners devinplombier I don't know much about the Apogee line across the board. There are other high-end brands and models - Wilson Watts come to mind - that are have treacherously abrupt impedance swings with sub-1 ohm bottoms . . . and advertising that... | |
| Thiel Owners devinplombier- The CS5 and 5i are identical in their requirements. The only difference is the 5i has woofers that Jim improved via incorporating his motor shunts and focused gaps, which do not change power requirements. The Apogee line, as I ... |