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| Thiel Owners oops - that's vicious. | |
| Thiel Owners The problem of measurement distance is well understood by those educated in the art. In other words, the measurers do not think that their 50" or 80" measurements present an accurate performance picture of a multi-driver phase coherent speaker. Bu... | |
| Thiel Owners Correct - most designers shape the soundscape toward 'easier to handle'. Jim looked for honesty before all else. Most designers roll off the treble to match the bass roll-off. Jim kept the treble extension regardless of the bass extension. The 1.6... | |
| Thiel Owners Andy - couple of quick thoughts. 1) Correct. A primary difference between the model 2 and model 3 is bass quantity and extension. The model 3 has a 10" woofer with longer excursion and larger passive to produce more than 1.75X the bass of the 2. ... | |
| Thiel Owners Bert - the CS1 series weighs very little. The CS1.6 is on the upgrade list. | |
| Thiel Owners jon - I know it's thin ice for a manufacturer to speak up. But I'm out of the game, so here goes. Over the years, our products were competitively evaluated by some big name as well as audiophile manufacturers. Their 'business formula' would assign... | |
| Thiel Owners Viewed another way, you got an unbelievable bargain. In the realm of passive speakers, which is still the norm in home systems, their design-engineering equates to products selling in 5 figures. I know factually that multiple other manufacturers w... | |
| Thiel Owners About those 2.3s and other products not on my hot-rod list. Please understand that I am not diminishing those products nor suggesting any deficiencies. A product developer (myself) must look at many aspects including item count, projected life, an... | |
| Thiel Owners Todd, I am piecing together a tapestry of facts, but Rob should have more direct knowledge. Please ask and report back. | |
| Thiel Owners jab - Audio Consultants is a very high quality dealer.History time. Amberwood and Morado are related species which grow in Bolivia. They are routinely pirated by the Germans, taken overland via Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul to the Atlantic port of S... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - for the record, the first New Thiel team included audio industry insiders Bob Brown and long-time Thiel associate Steve Defuria. They lobbied for continuing Jim's designs and the CS1.7 and MCS1.7 were developed on their watch. A few of the ... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - Speakers have very few issues which I'll summarize here.The cabinet is basically permanent, as long as you avoid furniture polish with silicone, which breaks down the finish. Also avoid sunlight as practical.The drivers can last a long time... | |
| Thiel Owners thielrules - you would be in a legitimate position to ask Rob for your serial numbers . . . to answer our 3.7 question. And while you're at it, perhaps the 2.7 count.jon - 41 and 42 is early, type 1. If you have not had work done, there were 2 XO ... | |
| Thiel Owners Thank you all. On to business. JA - the answer to your 'how many 2.7s' question lies with New Thiel, which no longer exists. I speculate based on conversations with first New Thiel operations manager Bob Brown and its best CEO Tom Malatesta that t... | |
| Thiel Owners You guys make my day. I turn 70 today, a time for reflection and renewal. I am so pleased to have found you; I am otherwise virtually invisible - I don't do the modern cyber world much at all. Onward - Tom |