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| Thiel Owners It seemed to me that the weakness of the 3.5’s might be due to the paper surrounds of the midrange drivers. The woofers seemed sturdy enough. | |
| Thiel Owners As has been discussed here many moons ago, I think that crossing a subwoofer over at the 40 Hz setting would be more advantageous. | |
| Thiel Owners As has been discussed here many moons ago, I think that crossing over at the 40 Hz setting would be more advantageous. | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel, thank you. I’ve always wondered about the phase angle, measurements for which weren’t published back when these were released. I’m in complete agreement, I’ve always thought the area of dynamic range / ultimate loudness was where the 3.... | |
| Thiel Owners @sdl4, Yes , the amp power output would drop with the impedance rise. But that’s because with that impedance rise, the sensitivity of the speaker will rise. As the eq is demanding more power, the speaker is a actually demanding less work from the ... | |
| Thiel Owners Ha, must have been typing as @TomThiel was posting. | |
| Thiel Owners @sdl4, If I may, yes, bridged stereo amps typically don't handle lower impedances well. They are better suited for insensitive, high impedance speakers, where the extra power can be better appreciated, with the added benefit of better stereo separ... | |
| Thiel Owners ^As was posted earlier, one is unlikely to find specs for a very specific load. Standard specs are for 8 / 4/ 2 and sometimes 16 Ohms. "The nature of the audio industry is what it is." Working from a standard 2 Ohm spec will comfortably cover the ... | |
| Thiel Owners ^As is often the case, unless a manufacturer offers a 2 Ohm spec Stereophile doesn't do a complete test at that load. Even then they will often just test one channel of a stereo amp, even knowing that the amp shares its power supply between both c... | |
| Thiel Owners ^Without any regard to power output or at what levels of distortion? Not saying much. Why don’t they provide actual usable specs? | |
| Thiel Owners @beetlemania , The "random peaks" I was referring to was in regard to your comment regarding my listening levels. I don’t listen at sustained loud listening levels. Almost never at levels that would occur during live concerts. I scale down to room... | |
| Thiel Owners @beetlemania , those are random peaks into a load that doesn't drop below 4 Ohms. My amp is capable of 500 Watts per channel continuous into 4 Ohms and double that for up to a couple of minutes. All within Thiel's recommendation. | |
| Thiel Owners @casecadesphil, As you may well know as a loudspeakers impedance drops so respectively does it's sensitivity. The 400 Watts into 2 Ohms previously suggested is similar to 100 Watts into 8 Ohms. 100 Watts is the minimum Thiel recommended for the... | |
| Thiel Owners @cascadesphil, but how much power are these amps delivering into 2 Ohms and at what levels of distortion? | |
| Old Vandersteen model 2 vs. newer model 2 IME, the Vandy 2's are particularly critical of placement, more so than most other speakers. On the other hand, they are very accommodating with regard to amplification. |