tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Brettmcee - it seems we probably won’t get anyone’s list of top Thiels, in great part because that conversation already peppers these two hundred plus pages. Preference ranking is also a very personal thing and includes personal values and constra... | |
| Thiel Owners ydjames - regarding your 2.2s. They will be viable for a long time. The Thiel ultratweeter has a drop in moving system that is fiber rather than aluminum. I'll be evaluating any XO changes that might be needed. The midrange has a modern ScanSpeak ... | |
| Thiel Owners sdl4 - thanks for your cable feedback. Indeed star quad's major claim to fame is rejection of incoming noise - and that is not as big a concern for hi fi as for pro environments. BTW: I use Vovox unshielded for my recording mic feeds and love it. ... | |
| Thiel Owners Sdl4 - pro / high-end contains very valid concerns. I find it fascinating how people limit their bandwidths when approaching complex subjects. Benchmark makes undeniably great products and John Siau is an obviously world-class designer. I broached... | |
| Thiel Owners sdl4 - not Grimm, but yes Mogami and Benchmark. The pro brands I have tried perform adequately, but always come up with less ultimate resolution and 'you are thereness' against my references, which include some upper end Straightwire and Morrow. M... | |
| Thiel Owners Hey all - I would LOVE to hear some answers to Brett's query about "best" Thiel speakers, especially your reasons for your choice(s). Some of you are quite experienced up and down the line and your sharing would help my perspective. | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound - the CS5's low impedance is restricted to the very low frequencies. It is about 2 ohms from 20 to 50 and drops to about 1.6 at 10Hz. But there is little power required down there- the low rolloff is to minimize phase shift at the deep fun... | |
| Thiel Owners Brett - your point is why Jim refused to endorse bi / multi-wiring. Indeed everything can be screwed up and he firmly believed in Murphy's Law. Indeed we would abide by reason, using identical amps and speaker cable runs, and actually keep phase i... | |
| Thiel Owners A thought proposal: Multi-amp CS5s. Over the years I’ve heard comments regarding CS5 performance that sound a lot like amplifier misbehavior than speaker limitations. My experience with the CS5, with the Krell FPB-600 and other big guns, doesn’t i... | |
| Thiel Owners To expand on unsound’s answer - the 3 woofers include the upper woofer centered between the two subwoofers. The subwoofer cones of the CS5 were mass-loaded and damped with rubber. Those drivers were modifications of stock ScanSpeak woofers. In his... | |
| Thiel Owners As a quirk of history, the lower midrange boost referenced by unsound caused a bit of weirdness that lasted the life of the company. In order for the woofer/midrange to retain their coherence both drivers had to be fed the same equalized/boosted s... | |
| Thiel Owners Woody - the problem is that first order rolloffs engage the driver for 7+ octaves and Jim's designs control any anomalies via circuitry within that broad range. So, you can find many similar drivers, but re-engineered crossover circuits are requir... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - the upper crosspoint is the same 3kHz with very similar tweeter low rolloffs. The principal problem comes from the lower crosspoints: CS2.2 @ 800Hz, and the CS3.5 a full octive lower at 400Hz. The driver is asked to move a lot more air with l... | |
| Thiel Owners And regarding your replacement midrange drivers. Rob's replacement is a CS2.2 mid replacement and it will work. And none have failed in the field. However, be aware that its power handling spec is far less than the 3.5 mid. High power levels will ... | |
| Thiel Owners Woody - something that hasn't been mentioned is that Thiel, especially pre-coax models) require a listening ear height of 3' in order for time alignment. That's a baked in constraint. You can tilt the speakers to compensate for other ear heights, ... |