tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners andy - I don't see any claims for the Meadowlark, nor technical specs or lab reviews. Good reputation, but I can't comment on their coherence.Green Mountain has tons of claims and an approach that seeks coherence. There is a Stereophile review tha... | |
| Thiel Owners prof - Our 'other' listening room was my victorian farmhouse living room, where the company began. That room was 10' high x 15' deep x 17' wide plus a bay wall adding another 3' depth with 45° clipped corners. It also had a door in each wall exce... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - point taken. Sealed box bass is more phase correct. I like it too. The brutally low impedance of the CS5 deep bass might be ameliorated by a separate amp for the bottom end. Also there is the matter of those huge analog bucket brigade ti... | |
| Thiel Owners prof - Please note that I have not heard the 7.2. I am relaying insider remarks from those who lived with the products, the process of evolution, the politics of markets and the necessary contraction of the company after Jim's death. I have also e... | |
| Thiel Owners Good points unsound. Amps from the same manufacturer often have differing goals and topologies and do not perform similarly. Thiel speakers got progressively more demanding - I guess the 5 bass was worst, but the earlier speakers were more benign,... | |
| Thiel Owners Ish - TAD makes great speakers, thoroughly engineered with world-class materials, at very high prices. The have a strong following in pro and audiophile worlds. I was very impressed with the ones I heard.However, they are neither time nor phase co... | |
| Thiel Owners Good dealers are a treasure! That world is generally fading in the rear-view mirror of Crutchfield, Amazon, ebay and so forth. I bet you will love the 2.4SS (just playing-whatever it will be called). Now, back to amps. As you know, my reference am... | |
| Thiel Owners Regarding "other similar speakers" - they are very few indeed. The rigors are far greater and the results far more perilous than ordinary solutions. A company seeking to "make it" financially would not go there - to phase and time coherence. Vande... | |
| Thiel Owners Add: tight driver screws make a surprising amount of difference in resolution. | |
| Thiel Owners yeti- I don't have torque values, but I do have some thoughts. Wood products (MDF) hold screws well against vibration; more exotic baffle materials require threaded inserts. I don't know the 1.6. Metal to metal threads are prone to vibration creep... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - bummer. I am not a doctor, but I have been paying attention and know something about the territory. I suggest addressing vitamin B, which regulates and supports neurological processes. The B complex is quite complex - a practitioner may hel... | |
| Thiel Owners Dan - go for the CS7.2 if you can.Regarding your view window. Consider "Zen View" from Christopher Alexander's "A Pattern Language". The large view might be even more enjoyable as separated zen views. Put the speakers where you want them, possibly... | |
| Thiel Owners Dan, I don't have a buy recommendation, but I might add some perspective. The 2.7 is the newest design and shares the wavy plate coax with the 3.7 - which is Jim's world-class, swan-song breakthrough. A company could be built on that driver. That ... | |
| Thiel Owners jay - I suppose folks know that Thiel, with its nuts and bolts x no bullshit approach, started every model with serial number 1, which was mated with number 2 , all matched pairs were odd-low.We kept the design prototypes. My 2.2s are -3 / -4 (fi... | |
| Thiel Owners andy - your 2.4s are Lexington made with point to point wiring and 4-9s coils and domestic / european caps. I would consider them superior to later 2.4s with Chinese-made crossovers. I don't know the changeover date, but yours are Lex-made. |