tomthiel
Responses from tomthiel
| Thiel Owners All - I just picked up a pair of 3.6s from a lurker on this forum. Come winter I plan to be in full XO mode. PP> 2 2> 2.4> 3.6. Plenty of parts on hand. Slow start, other projects. | |
| Thiel Owners I also eagerly await first-hand commentary. | |
| Thiel Owners rules - I love the 3.5. My decision to not include it in my upgrade program is based on lack of availability of drivers or a solution for modernizing the equalizer and the inherent bass-response limit for "modern" recordings. The product history ... | |
| Thiel Owners brayeagle - Yes, the Bryston amps have been part of Thiel's history since early-on. We had 4Bs in the day. I hope to find the right model at the right price. | |
| Thiel Owners Todd - you are correct. My needs are somewhat different than "best sound I can get". I hope to assemble a small stable of amps that would be paired with Thiel speakers and are different from each other in sound and topology. And I have to find the... | |
| Thiel Owners Thiel's first stable of amps included the Phase Linear 400, designed by Bob Carver. I am interested in how the Sunfire 300 holds up. The design orientation and specs certainly fit Thiel speakers' demands. Next amp was Nelson Pass' Stasis 500 with ... | |
| Thiel Owners Todd - Hard to imagine, indeed. The x.7 drivers are really something special, plus all the accumulated knowledge / growth in the functionality of the enclosure. michael - very true. The power hunger is, in my opinion, the primary limiting factor t... | |
| Thiel Owners tmsrdg - for what it's worth, you might offer those 2.2s to this group first. I know it's all vaporware until we have real upgraded speakers for comparison and review, but I anticipate significantly better sound from the new hot-rodded 2.2s. | |
| Thiel Owners One Thiel-related thought. That amp is rated for 4 ohm minimum impedance. Your CS2.3 rides around 4 ohms over much of its range, but drops to 3 over a broad area from 100 to 1K Hz, and touches 2 ohms at 400-500 Hz where there is lots of musical co... | |
| Thiel Owners Sil - I like your choice. It is where we landed after considerable study. I and beetlemania will be posting progress on this forum. As the solutions become finalized, we will set up some form of communication through CoherentSource. But for now, j... | |
| Thiel Owners ish - I would be speculating as well. I have heard that the SSs stay out of the digital domain, therefore accomplishing their requirements in analog, and probably doing it such as you suggest. I can offer no real insight. However, I am still looki... | |
| Thiel Owners Ken - my answer to your PM bounced. I give them a high likelihood of success. | |
| Thiel Owners Jan - I hope I am not dominating this forum, but I enjoy sharing what I've learned. I have compared single and stereo SS1 and SS2 subwoofers in my studio with PowerPoint 1.2s as room mastering monitors. The stereo pair presents a decidedly more be... | |
| Thiel Owners The 2.4 and 2.4SE share identical drivers and circuits. The only difference is the sophistication of the feed capacitors for the coax driver. That PXO is the one you want. | |
| Thiel Owners Just suggesting that particular impedance issue. |