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| Thiel Owners Hello all - back from away for a few days. Jon - was it you looking for grille fabric? Rob at Coherent Source Service has original grillecloth. Note that it got more sheer over time, so you might need a matched pair.Re amps: What a trip - I have s... | |
| Thiel Owners JAFant - thanks for the cable tips. Too many variables, too little time.I have direct experience with Mogami from the pro world. It's considered by many pros as best of form for mic, interconnect and speaker cable. Their best is quite good, but di... | |
| Thiel Owners thieliste - what's the price tag?Anybody tried the new PS Audio 1200 watt monos? They state 2ohms as suitable for musical transients, so I donno. | |
| Thiel Owners YYZ - what a system! Thanks for chiming in. I landed on Benchmark for my use and love it. thielrules is correct that low impedance loads are harder to drive when bridged. John Siau, the designer. evaluated all Thiel performance curves and chose on... | |
| Thiel Owners Regarding the cracked concrete baffle. The chicken's way out (easy and little danger) is to smear concrete caulk on the inside to stop the airflow. Then dribble thin epoxy or cyanoacrylate into the crack from the front and either finish the show f... | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound - I agree that the proper rating for the 3.7 would be 2.5 ohms. Nominal impedance is by convention stated at or near the minimus after the bass anomalies. If that trough is deep and steep the rating can be upped a little, but the 3.7 does ... | |
| Thiel Owners The original Phase Linear amps from the 1970s were nick-named "Flames Linear". We had one. It did. | |
| Thiel Owners Expansive grout is a waterproof cement product with adhesives, designed to expand in a crack to seal it. It may be called foundation crack sealer, wet-stop or similar.Those original CS7 baffles were portland cement concrete, which continues to shr... | |
| Thiel Owners Wow guys - I take a break and you all go at it! Unsound alludes to a "problem" in such a long, detailed thread as this one. Lots of information would be redundant for regulars, but helpful to new participants. I appreciate it when someone directs ... | |
| Thiel Owners I really like the Morrow cables compared with my admittedly limited stable of competitors. | |
| Thiel Owners Thieliste - Rob Gillum at Coherent Source Service would know. The third New Thiel CEO told me "less than a couple thousand"; but then he was defending the decision to abandon Jim's designs. My impression is that marketing was in disarray after Jim... | |
| Thiel Owners YYZsantabarbara - here are some thoughts about Thiel product versions - upgrades follow this general pattern. A product is introduced with components, especially drivers, being prototypes and early small production runs. Within the first year it b... | |
| Thiel Owners Nuzzi - I’m having a memory lapse even though it's only been 37 years. Please tell me if your CS3 equalizer is in a wood or metal case.Thanks,Tom | |
| Thiel Owners Nuzzi - I love mine. The seamless integration with the main speakers is practically unbelievable. I agree that you 'should' be able to get them fixed when they break. Do that and tell us all and make lots of friends. I have tried two industry warr... | |
| Thiel Owners The driver goes into the rabbet and the beveled ring fills in the rest. |