tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Thiel's US distribution began in the mid-Atlantic whereas VS on the West Coast. | |
| Thiel Owners tomic - that trip was not in my time. I have read Dick's article(s) that likely resulted from such a trip. I did know about Dick's visit to the Thiel factory. I knew Dick from Havens and Hardesty when they were one of our best and favorite dealers... | |
| Thiel Owners These sketches I’ve written in this forum over these past years serve as remembrances and motivations to resurrect and stitch these events together in my memory. I believe a memoir would be valid, not just for fans of Thiel loudspeakers, but as a ... | |
| Thiel Owners I know we’ve explored some of this territory before. But I hope it’s worth repeating, especially for those who may not have read all of our 220 pages. Ever wonder what Amberwood is anyhow? And its brother Morado? As time went by, Thiel wanted a s... | |
| Thiel Owners I've never heard better. | |
| Thiel Owners dsper - if you like the Thiel sound, a pair of CS.5s might work. They are a diminutive floor-standing 2-way which under your conditions might work well - Stereophile tested them at 89dB sensitivity. Thiel's flat impedance curve works to your advan... | |
| Thiel Owners Read deeper re output voltage. I think it has 3 levels, setable via internal jumpers. Benchmark is very attuned to gain-staging. Their power amp has 3 input levels. | |
| Thiel Owners coop_301 - Last year I spent considerable time selecting my front end. My particular bias is toward neutrality / honesty with stellar technical specs required and extra points for ubiquity in the pro record-making world. I landed on Benchmark. I ... | |
| Thiel Owners Robert - a primary consideration is the length of your interconnects. Long interconnects place the burden of driving them onto your source components. | |
| Thiel Owners coop - FWIW, Thiel owned and used the ML 23.5 / 27.5 extensively in the day. Many dealers successfully sold that ML / Thiel combination. It's a good match. | |
| Thiel Owners Offering a third to Harry's second: All the early spikes are the same. Thiel "invented" spikes in the late 70s for the 03. If others were using spikes at that time, we didn't know about it. Remember, no internet. They were all the same 1/4" x 2" w... | |
| Thiel Owners Got it. Thanks. | |
| Thiel Owners Vintage50 - I have a set of CS3 spikes in hand and believe them to be the same size as the CS3.5. There are two sets, one pointed (for carpet) and the other rounded (for hard floor.) Both are 1/4" diameter. Pointed are 2" long and rounded are 1.2... | |
| Thiel Owners All - I have family and friends in Lexington who report no damage there. Also, Rob's farm where he retreats to hunt and fish are farther east, away from the tornadoes. So we can assume he didn't get hit. However, I've still not heard from him in a... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - the Sonic Frontier (model unknown) preamp driving the Krell FPB 600 is what I heard when auditioning the final prototype of the 2.7 compared with the reference 3.7 in Thiel's listening room on my 2012 visit to Lexington. I have personall... |