tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners roxy54 Since the mid 90s, I have used a pair of Classe DR9s in mono for my professional studio and consulting needs. They were more than adequate, especially via RCA inputs rather than the OpAmp quasi balanced mode. After I bought Thiel' Audio's ... | |
| Thiel Owners Regarding amps: In addditon to my hotrodded learning labs of Classé DR9s and Adcom GFA555s, my reference amp is the Benchmark AHB2. A single stereo amp may not have the oomph you need/want, but in bridged mono a pair might. Power aside, the distor... | |
| Thiel Owners bianuzzi22 - Identical concept and specified performance. The main difference is the midrange driver. The original CS3 Vifa was upgraded to a custom ScanSpeak midrange that allowed broader (7 octave) coverage. Also, the CS3 woofer got a polymer c... | |
| Thiel Owners danomar - the PCS was built in the Lexington plant where any and all finishes were available including a variety of stock plus a couple levels of custom, including customer paint or other treatments. Black Ash (real veneer) was a stock finish. Glo... | |
| Thiel Owners danomar and gman - I don't have direct knowledge of the PCS, it coming after my time at Thiel plus never having actually seen one. But I can throw some scattershot around it in case something may help. The Y2K PCS was a trickledown product from t... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - my news may sound like a skipping record, but from here it sounds good. The lab has only the SCS4s as the test mule due to tight space. Other models are in storage. I'm picking up a CS5i pair this month. The SCS4s have focused my efforts and... | |
| Thiel Owners thoft - about drivers. I'll prepare a more detailed list but here's a general arc. Early (0 series) were all essentially stock drivers with small choices such as dust cap, surround type, etc. The 1983 CS3 had a customized Vifa woofer. Very inter... | |
| Thiel Owners pablohoney - nice rack. Regarding color, Maple does darken with time. Exposure to UV is the key. There are UV lamps. Sunlight has tons more than any bulb. Good work. We're in the same place with 7.2s. I bought a pair awhile back, but haven't fir... | |
| Thiel Owners catalysis - I totally agree about Benchmark. I run a full BM setup and couldn't be happier. Some folks quibble about BM's lack of lower harmonic distortion. BM intentionally practically eliminates it, while many users like the added 'warmth' and '... | |
| Thiel Owners solobone22 - isn't it lovely when you dial in your speakers to the room? I've never used any sub except Thiel's with the matching Passive XO. I learned a few things. The 'normal' input engages the room boundary circuitry, whereas (I think) the LF... | |
| Thiel Owners FWIW: These serial numbers place this pair in Lexington-Thiel production with USA AcoustaCoil coils, best-spec wire, and Solen polypropylene caps, on point to point masonite boards. We have seen that later Chinese production had lower spec parts i... | |
| Thiel Owners Bill exemplifies a dying breed - someone who knows musical technologies with fluency coupled to the requirements of the musical arts. He will be missed, and I don't know if he'll be replaced. Bill has had the Thiel CS3 / 3.5 equalizer in his back... | |
| Thiel Owners pablohoney - As fate would have it, our original ’O’ series used Danish Oil as a first coat to seal and warm the tone. That went out with the 1983 CS3. Our sealer or shellac are clear, which in shellac land is called ’white’, unless you want som... | |
| Thiel Owners Pablohoney Birdseye Maple finish Wood finishing is an art of its own. Thiel took its cabinetry and finishing quite seriously, far beyond normal utilitarian protection of the wood. In Thiel's first two decades under my direction, we built cabinet... | |
| Thiel Owners pablohoney - my time at Thiel ended in 1995. I don't know what changed and what stayed the same. Rob Gillum at CoherentSourceService would know. But Rob is very busy and doesn't necessarily respond to non-transactional queries. I'll post a finishi... |