When people upgrade from Thiel

Owned Thiel 3.5s for 8yrs. Kept blowing midrange and tweeters. When Kathy Gornick said no more drivers would be replaced under warranty. I sold them. Took 4yrs of Sonus Farber, Wilson, ProAc to finally settle on Avalons 

I owned the CS6 for about 10 years and when I decided I wanted a different sound, I bought the Harbeth M40.1.  I've had my 40.1 speakers for over 4 years and I have no desire to change.

dweller,
Your post is one of most insightful tomes I've read on A'gon .
We think we control our brain , it controls us .
Its always looking for a "home" stasis down where things are "resonating with my auditory subconscious " .

It doesn't sound right -until it sounds right!

I wouldn't say that I upgraded from Thiel but I would say that I augmented my available speakers by buying a big pair of active ATCs.  They don't make me like my Thiels any less but they do some things that the Thiels wont, like play very loudly.  They are a bit more satisfying on large scale orchestra or meaty hard rock than the Thiels.  The Thiels are better with small scale stuff and at lower volumes.