tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Thosb, As Beetle mentioned, the 2.3 is not a front line candidate because more interested folks have 2.4s which have more evolved drivers. But 2.3s have potential and everything we are learning on other models applies to the 2.3. If you are so inc... | |
| Thiel Owners Jon, your experience coincides with mine and many, many more in my experience. The fact that the amp doesn't double into 4 ohms says that it is out of power as current demand increases. Thiel speakers have low impedance for high current appetite ,... | |
| Thiel Owners Dan, if the MacIntosh amps deliver the same value into the three loads, the design is power-supply-current limited and will not do a good job. I have no current (ugh) knowledge of your best choices. Members here are quite well informed about best ... | |
| Thiel Owners In the long run, I believe the 2.7 (and 1.7) will become collectors' items. They were made in Lexington after Jim's death and before the sale, using old-Thiel type parts (high purity inductors, PP caps with PS bypasses, etc. on point to point boar... | |
| Thiel Owners Dan, I need my SmartSubs for my emerging guitar-making-research-recording-evaluation studio. One SS2 is being repaired. I'll report on the level of success.350wpc is not too much. Too much really doesn't exist in my book, although there are small-... | |
| Thiel Owners Ron, I likewise have noticed that except for the likes of us here, Thiel seems rather passé. I expect that attitude to change as we gradually and by degrees create new possibilities for these classic models via upgrade options. A quiet Resurrectio... | |
| Thiel Owners Dan, I have one SS1 and two SS2s (one working) in my studio. For my purposes of verity to the source, I've not heard anything close. Jay, thanks for the Classe lead. I hope to identify and develop a solid electronics repair solution for EQs, Smar... | |
| Thiel Owners Jay, my songs included Dylan, Leonard Cohen and many of the more insight and art driven folk fare of the time with a focus on my own music and that of our folk trio built around a female vocalist-arranger. We applied the seriousness of youth witho... | |
| Thiel Owners Since I was behind the scenes, it is normal for folks to be confused. As Beetle says, I was part of the mix from the beginning. Before co-founding Thiel Audio in the mid 70s with Jim and Kathy plus two more indispensible players, I had been a sing... | |
| Thiel Owners FYI, Gary Dayton, Thiel marketing and Jim's lab assistant, is working for Bryston and should have deep knowledge of Thiel-Bryston synergies. I imagine he can be contacted through Bryston or gary.dayton@gmail.comSearching is a sweet part of finding. | |
| Thiel Owners Batman, please remember that I was not involved with THIEL since the mid 1990s, so my observations reflect general approaches rather than specific product knowledge. Jim's approach was very analytical and different from many audio engineers. Jim c... | |
| Thiel Owners Thielrules, your 3.5 performance is not normal. Perhaps Rob might supply guidance. As you might surmise, I have been looking closely at the classic models to determine where to best expend resources for upgrades. A sad truth is that the 3.5 is old... | |
| Thiel Owners Pau Ferro (Amberwood / Morado) is an excellent-sounding wood. My main business is supplying tonewood to guitarmakers. We introduced Morado to that world in the mid 90s and it is considered by many to be the sonically-preferred fingerboard stock, a... | |
| Thiel Owners Jab, your lumber dealer will call the wood Pau Ferro, Bolivian Rosewood or Santos Rosewood. You may find some light colored boards, but the upland variety is more rare. You can bleach the darker wood to match your Amberwood.Prof, Morado can be qui... | |
| Thiel Owners Here's a little wood trip for those sort of folks. There is a wood in Bolivia of two principal species, Machaerium schleroxylon or acutifolium, the former upland and the latter lowland. Since mid twentieth century the Germans have exported it to E... |