tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners beetle - I moved to New Hampshire in 1996 and have been active in the New England Luthiers Group - serious guitar-makers. A few of them have worked for Bose, with stories to tell! One story of interest is that their lab/listening reference monitor... | |
| Thiel Owners prof - Ted Green runs a technology consulting company. His interest in Thiel is as a former performing musician / bandleader with an inherent interest in David rather than Goliath. He seems to know brands and nuances very well, but has never said ... | |
| Thiel Owners jon - all the Thiel aluminum drivers are annodized which deposits a coating which is often marketed as "ceramic". Your 2.3 driver is an early example of Thiel aluminum diaphragms. When gotten right, those metal drivers have far better resolution t... | |
| Thiel Owners Guys - Ted Green / strata-gee.com has published his article on Thiel,LLC recent bankruptcy filing. https://www.strata-gee.com/ | |
| Thiel Owners harry - I can address part of your query. The 2.2s were very well developed / mature and had a long run. Lots of fans. The 2.3s were the first application of the mechanical / crossover-less coax concept. I hear that there were improvements on the ... | |
| Thiel Owners jasx - your other speaker is 1785, always odd low as in 1,2. They were made approximately late 90s, model was introduced in 1992. I just bought a pair of 3.6s for our upgrade project. Soon I will document the XO revision status / serial numbers fo... | |
| Thiel Owners All - Are any of you proficient in patent and trademark law? If so I would like to confer about Thiel intellectual property. Send PM or email tomthiel@worldpath.net | |
| Thiel Owners prof - I have not heard the Alexandra. I moved to New Hampshire and by the late 90s I was focused on things other than audio. pw - The room is so often the major culprit in the mix. Thiels are point source emulation and therefore wide dispersion, ... | |
| Thiel Owners All, is anyone here bidding on that 3.5 EQ? If not, I'll try to snag it for the lab. (Remember the idea of fully balanced EQ with better caps and resistors?) | |
| Thiel Owners jon - the fiber is to increase impact and stress resistance and add some damping. It does not reduce shrinkage. Concrete is Portland Cement based, which shrinks. Gypsum cements expand. USG Hydrostone is a combination of the two and can be admixed ... | |
| Thiel Owners ish - I know those Hales speakers very well. I consulted for Hales during their development and compared 1st vs 4th order XOs. Paul is very bright and competent and pragmatic. The development time / cost / benefit and all adds up to 4th being "goo... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - you are right. Measurement distance of 50" and closer earlier in time, does not allow the proper triangulation for the drivers' travel path. 8' was Thiel's stated minimum. The limit was Stereophile's set up, but the results looks like sp... | |
| Thiel Owners jon - regarding bright 2 2s. You are correct that there is a slight propensity toward warmth. The mid-bass centered at 100Hz is almost full when the speaker is optimized 5' from walls. When moved closer to walls, that zone and below gets stronger.... | |
| Thiel Owners All - lots of good information. Bottom line is that most of those who try are prone to fail. An underlying cause is that coherent transducers are roughly an order of magnitude more difficult.Andy asks why more manufacturers don't "do it". Short an... | |
| Thiel Owners Back to Green Mountain - it seems I read a review of a fairly early model. Later 6moons reviews of their further work sounds very impressive. I still hesitate to comment without measurement verification of success. Sorry for my first response base... |