tomthiel
Responses from tomthiel
| Thiel Owners Esprit - have the 5s and 7.2s been tried in the same position in the same room with the same driving source? | |
| Thiel Owners espirits4s - I cannot address more than the CSi, since I have no personal experience with the CS7.2 or your particular amp. But that amp doubles twice to 1400 wpc into 2 ohms, implying that it should do fine into the 1.2 ohm load at 10 hz. The 7.2... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - at that time I was not tuned into Thiel Audio nor Rolling Stone, so I heard nothing of that "test". It would be interesting to know of any follow up or results. | |
| Thiel Owners Beetle - I have not yet made a direct comparison of single vs bi-wire.My working assumption from multiple inputs is that there will be an improvement; the degree and cost-effectiveness is my concern. Additional to your experiences and those of oth... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetle - I suspect our Renaissance Series will have their own oversized backplates for the double-post upper levels. | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound - thanks for the recap. You might remember that I use PowerPoint 1.2s with an unusual 45° wall launch pattern, which I have placed on adjacent walls of a corner. There definitely are merits to the engineerable predictability of boundary p... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - thanks for the links. Kevin and Floyd are gurus. I've seen some of this stuff before and I should study it closely - oh time. But I do take issue with a core element which paraphrases something like: adjust the outcome to match what more pe... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - I'm out of touch with today's market, but there do seem to be plenty of very expensive speakers out there with knowledgeable folks wishing for better performance. About the next room phenomenon - that addresses an open question in my mind. ... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - "well" is such an interesting and loaded term. For years I have been pondering what makes some systems sound so "right" and others, perhaps technically more advanced, sound less right. One idea that keeps popping up is at the core of what w... | |
| Thiel Owners Welcome back brayeagle. From the other end of the upgrade lens, I just snagged a pair of 02s in near mint condition for $210 delivered: 0687-0688 (around 1980) from one-owner in Michigan. Cabinets never opened, parts all look new, the improved-con... | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound - my apology. Indeed adding an amp and cables is a huge expense. My thought is with used market prices such an upgrade has potential to raise the performance level of the 5i a lot. And more to the point, the CS5i's difficult load practical... | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound - Regarding impediments to CS5i ownership, I am confident we can address the primary shortcoming quite easily - and that the amplification problem would be reduced significantly. The impedance drops to 1 ohm in the deep bass and doesn't ri... | |
| Thiel Owners Power recommendations are really sketchy, since the manufacturer doesn't know your loudness requirements or room size which are the largest factors in the equation. Regarding the sensitivity increase, I remember that driver refinements allowed low... | |
| Thiel Owners Rules - I believe that your undertaking will be of great value to Thiel fans. The 3.5 was a pivotal product in Thiel's emergence; but it has lots of room to grow. The cabinet is a significant piece of technology, so re-outfitting its DNA for a new... | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound - right on! In fact, the model 2's reason for being was conceived as just that - create a huge bang for buck product utilizing technologies and parts whose development costs were amortized at the higher-end. In the beginning . . . Jim was ... |