Thiel Owners

Robinbarbour...

Yeah, pretty ridiculous the amount of changes, right?

So far as not having auditioned the 3.6's before buying them, all I can say is that I didn't have the opportunity to do so on my 2.3's nor the 3.5's.  Stumbling upon Thiel has proven to be one of the most fortunate happenin's in my audio life. 

I did a fair amount of reading about Jim Thiel and his work prior to my first purchase, and that's pretty much what got me.  I liked his overall sensibilities, and the various reviews I picked up here and elsewhere pretty much all contended the same opinion - great speakers at almost any price.  And since we're all now relegated to buying used ones only,  that sentiment resonates much deeper.  (No pun intended. )

My current spate of shifting equipment has not disappointed me - though it's been a tad ridiculous.  I am utterly confident that I'll enjoy them as I am utterly confident that whomever buys my 3.5's will as well. 

This Thiel kool-aid we're drinking is damn yummy!

Me as well- William,

upon my first Thiel CS 2.4 demo, I was struck by the proverbial "lightning"
Like you, I stumbled upon them at Soundscape in Baltimore MD.  They were in the used/demo sound room.  I was on a work assignment for 3-months and spent several days each week of that duration as I could not get enough of the "sound" that I was hearing.  Unreal.

Happy Listening!

Happy Friday! All-

Love, love this thread.
I have taken my 3.6s as far as they can go in terms of performance and I'd like to upgrade to Thiel 6, and then to 3.7. Thoughts please.
Also, the reviews of the 3.7s are all fantastic, but they don't seem to be holding their value as one can pick up a pair for less than a third of their retail price. These two points don't jive as far as I'm concerned. Can anyone explain?

Been I while since I posted in this thread, happy to see it still going!

A few things:

1. Has anyone noticed that the sales of the Thiel flagship 3.7 and 2.7 speakers has almost totally dried up???!!!

I’d decided I had to have the 2.7 or 3.7 soon after Jim had passed away and after Thiel changed hands to the new speaker design. So in early 2015 I had to go into the second hand/dealer demo market to get them. And there were lots available at that point. I missed out on some sales of the ebony finish I favored, so I grabbed a morado/red pair.

I’m glad I grabbed that pair when I did because having continued to monitor the market..I noticed that shortly after that they became very sparse in the second hand market - like I got in at the tail end of the fire-sale.  It now seems damned hard to come across those classic flagship models for sale anymore - specifically in North America. It’s like whoever owns one is keeping it! And owning the 3.7s, boy do I understand that.

2. That said...I may be selling my 3.7s - and if so I already feel regret! - due to a rather idiosyncratic set up that causes me some ergonomic problems. Basically, I have a smallish room that does double duty as my home theater and two channel listening room. So it’s already full of my surround speakers, and I have to drag the 3.7s in and out to listen to them. I’ve thought of some possible solutions to the issue, but none seem as good as just trying to find a smaller speaker to work with. This comes at a time when I’ve currently dialed the Thiels in to such a degree in my room that my mind is just blown by these things.

But...before I decide on whether I’m keeping them, I’ve started to seriously research and demo other more portable alternatives to the 3.7. So I’ve read a lot about and auditioned: Harbeth speakers, JM Reynaud, Audio Note, Audio Physic, Vivid (kind of, just quickly), and Joseph Audio thus far.

I plan to do start another thread with a detailed post about what it is like living with the 3.7s and my impressions of those other speakers. And if I’ve found anything worthy of replacing the Thiels :-)