tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners sandy - I'm glad you're staying onboard. Anemic bass is almost always caused by power limits of the amp. The JC5 is a monster, by a legendary designer. Sounds like we should add it to "the list", yes? | |
| Thiel Owners dan - no need for intimidation . . . I'm the "other Thiel". My brother Jim was the design engineer who was fluent in all matters technical. I was the manufacturing guy who built the product and production systems. Although I am conversant in the ... | |
| Thiel Owners sandy - I am very interested in hearing your thoughts when you do add the SS-2 subs. The JC-5 is, I believe, the work of John Curl: one of the greats. cat - In addition to the mid, the eq also drives the woofer beyond linear excursion and, believe... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - Oh. Let's try again. I have no experience with Roon, although I am using 24x192 digital downloads through my Metric Halo D-A to lovely effect. The model 3 up to the 3.5 was designed for equalization, which does some things well, but runs... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - Indeed the matter is not simple; it requires some study to understand. One good article from Benchmark is available on the web.https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/speaker-efficiency-and-amplifier-power There are other good... | |
| Thiel Owners Todd - you address a core but obscure point. What is the job of the hi-fi component? It is far from agreed that each component should faithfully reproduce its input signal. Most components editorialize in various ways and require the user to mix a... | |
| Thiel Owners I would love to see such a list of 'best Thiel amps'. But I am not current on the market offerings beyond the usual suspects listed in this forum. I know that "best sound ever" at the 3.7 introduction was the new biggest and best Bryston. Yes, I m... | |
| Thiel Owners Todd - I am a strong proponent of the 2 ohm deal, since Thiels drop near 2 ohms over broad frequency ranges. I make a big deal out of the requirement because many current sources exhibit considerable anomalies as they run out of oomph. That distre... | |
| Thiel Owners audiojan - Thanks for the update. I have become aware of the audibility of the midrange hash introduced by a port / passive radiator having effects on the whole presentation. I recently participated in a product development blind A/B test where e... | |
| Thiel Owners Oops, the place was correct, so year must have been 1982 and the model must have been the CS3. Who knows where the memories go? The 3.5 was a major advancement; the amp arrangement would apply, and the results so much better. | |
| Thiel Owners Long ago and far away, I once heard a pair of 3.5s that took my breath away. The owner had set them up in a very nice room, constructed of plaster on structural brick with 2: 6' pocket doors and openable windows on one side. So, the room was effec... | |
| Thiel Owners The one series is made for small spaces, moving a fraction of the air.Woofer areas are approximately 1: 10", 2: 50", 3: 75". | |
| Thiel Owners sandy - I went through this exercise as I acquired a single sub and added another. In order to get true stereo bass information, you need 2 crossovers, since each is receiving signal from its prospective channel and outputting to its respective su... | |
| 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. |