tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Fitter - I remember a long run with a Sonic Frontiers gold unit. But I’m not very confident in that memory or if it persisted till the end. Does Sonic Frontiers ring any bells? | |
| Thiel Owners Fitter - FWIW, that Krell is what Jim used to design the CS7s and I believe everything else for the next ten or so years. | |
| Thiel Owners J - thanks for the lead. My purchases are on hold until I find a new workplace; unless, of course, something drops into my lap. I don’t really know the SE status - here’s what I think I know: The 2.4SE was introduced in 2008, which is about a year... | |
| Thiel Owners J - I offered his asking price and a pickup by my brother (local to him and Bill); and I never heard back. He seemed persuaded that he really wanted to keep the 3.5s. So, I've re-contacted him through the ad for his firm determination. Thanks for ... | |
| Thiel Owners jusam - a note about the CS1s. The CS1.2 was designed as Jim got his feet wet with Finite Element Analysis. Its drivers included our first aluminum tweeter and our first use of copper shunting rings and sculpted gap pieces in the woofers. As such ... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - you asked for more about Walter Kling. As I’ve mentioned here, Thiel Audio grew out of an intentional community and its wish to employ ourselves in a mutual undertaking. Besides myself with my wife and toddler daughter, there were my brother ... | |
| Thiel Owners Awhile back someone asked about Thiel binding posts, for which I don’t remember seeing an answer. From my limited perspective: In the beginning we used a post with minimal metal (rhodium over brass) and plastic caps. We got a lot of flack for "che... | |
| Thiel Owners silvanik - surrounds are very critical on tweeters. I don't remember whether those are rubber or a synthetic elastomer, but stiffening could be an issue. Your REW measurements shouuld tell you quite a bit, especially via FFTransforms to give you t... | |
| Thiel Owners Silvanik - don’t take it personally, I likewise am getting dead air. But, I have a report that Rob is alive and well and will soon be back in the saddle. You might like the back story. Lexington is a medium sized city on a limestone savanah. Goin... | |
| Thiel Owners Stating serial numbers helps in reconstructing the flow of events. I left Thiel in 1995 and am playing catch-up with changes of various sorts. Of particular interest is that crossover manufacture was taken to Asia (with considerable care) and some... | |
| Thiel Owners pops - Octave sits at the top of level 2. I got it on Steve's recommendation that it contains the relevant technologies for "high performance" without more expensive options, which he says serve particular user preferences. My assessment of the Oc... | |
| Thiel Owners pops - that's one long list of cables! Can you tell me how SW Maestro II sits in SWs line compared to the Octave II? I don't see the Maestro on their line-up. Also, do you have thoughts to share regarding interconnects? Thanks, Tom | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - thanks for the memory jog. I just added a pair of Goertz AlphaCore interconnects to my upcoming shoot-out. | |
| Thiel Owners To augment unsound’s list: Kimber was Thiel’s first OMG moment in the late 70s, and we remained fans and beta testers of each others’ products. Straightwire founded their business on Thiel’s discovery of ITT’s aerospace communications wire which... | |
| Thiel Owners I'm referring to John Siau's explanation of the effects of cable length on low-frequency tightness. Shorter cables = tighter bass. Previously I had recommended long interconnects / short speaker cables. I have changed that opinion. Long interconn... |