tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Todd - sorry, I meant B. I find the SS solution to be a seamless integration between sub-bass and upper frequencies. There is also a little of A in there: It just sounds like bass, not like a subwoofer and therefore doesn't draw attention to itsel... | |
| Thiel Owners Todd - the PXO creates an actual designed crossover with the 3.7 etc for a seamless transition. I find it inaudible. Rob may have it. Or if you find any PXO, he can reconfigure for the 3.7 etc | |
| Thiel Owners Tmsrdg - my knowledge of the SI-1 Integrator is all hearsay from the same sources and reviews as you have. I might add a little more: that Jim and later operatives after his death tried unsuccessfully to develop a troubleshoot-repair operation. Ji... | |
| Thiel Owners Snbeall - I’m not very expert, but I have some experience with the SmartSub which I’m happy to share. I was involved with the early development efforts with Berger, the lead engineer at Vifa. We co-developed the Class D amp at its core in the earl... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - thanks for the B&W lead. I haven't heard a B&W since 1995. They certainly have advanced the state of the art. In Thiel history, B&W was a significant player. Being an imported product, they were at a pricing disadvantage, and havi... | |
| Thiel Owners jm - FuzzMeasure is similar to Room Equalizer Wizzard. It seems that REW has many more adherents in hi fi land. I got FM because JA used it extensively in his Stereophile graphs, and it works well for my semi-pro room optimization work in recordin... | |
| Thiel Owners JM - I'll chip in with a personal anecdote. When the Classe DR6 /DR9 setup was new, Thiel used it in demos with a pair of bridged DR9s. I still have and use those amps. The Classe replaced Threshold 800s. Thiel outgrew the Classe sonically and wen... | |
| Thiel Owners thoft - completely different, higher order, reversed polarity tweeter. I'd love to see time domain plots. | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound - good horses keep living and living. Your judicious explication reminds me of a general theme which our Goners might enjoy. Thiel presented a peculiar problem for many retailers, including Innovative Audio. Retailers make packages. Those ... | |
| Thiel Owners What little I know about Adcom. In the day, Adcom may have out-sold everything else put together - solid entry into high value high performance. I knew Nelson Pass at the time and he designed a few of their mark I products. The updates and mark II... | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound - good presentation! I would like to start by saying that I love the 3.5 and barely know the 3.6. My comments address the arc of development of ideas into products at Thiel. Regarding measurements, JA’s rig at Stereophile has value for non... | |
| Thiel Owners Fitter - that’s a very good question; and it deserves a bigger answer than we can provide here. Let’s start at the end. No, an assembly-line wouldn’t help. Let’s also start with some apology in the philosophical sense - on what do I base my summar... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetle - thanks for the link.Tmsrdg - I'll speak to the geriatric speaker problem. Yes, there are concerns, but not very centered on ageing of materials in Thiels. We paid lots of attention to longevity, our finishes have ultraviolet screening age... | |
| Thiel Owners Brskie - it would be good information for all of us to tell us what your previous system was, what you changed to, and what specifically you hear. Just a request to help calibrate us on our journey. Thanks. | |
| Thiel Owners Brskie - good to meet you. Your point person is Rob Gillum at CoherentSource Service who worked at Thiel from 1988 through the present. It seems to me that there was a coax driver upgrade that people considered substantial and a couple of XO mods ... |