tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Rosami - I would be interested in their claims. Are they talking active and DSP? Tom | |
| Thiel Owners Andy - Computers are a big part of the mix, and those tools are now easily accessible. To clarify: in Thiel's very beginning, computers were pretty limited. We used them from the beginning via Fred Collopy, another original collaborator who went o... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - I began my re-acquaintance with Thiel Audio when Jim died in 2009 which increased when the company sold in 2013 and more so when New Thiel ceased operations earlier this year. I agree with your assessment of appreciation. However, in my fai... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - the whole thing was exciting. Beginnings are cleaner and purer and closer to the heart. We were exploring new territory from a first-principles perspective free from the prejudices that formal education or credentials would have imposed. Some... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetle - indeed the 2 meter (80") distance is fairly valid. Ordinary speakers don't care much about distance since their drivers are not producing an integrated wavefront, but rather relying on the ear-brain to sort out the phase information. In t... | |
| Thiel Owners For the record, I am also a fan of John Atkinson and what he has contributed to our industry. The 'fault' in the presentation of information goes to executive policy, which took its turns under multiple ownerships. Present ownership (Y2K+) deemed ... | |
| 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. |