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| Thiel Owners Jon - as I've mentioned before, I have made a study of auditory neurology and experimented with who hears what how. I would say that you 'get it' and in a manner that was formative to Thiel taking on the challenge of coherence way back when. We ex... | |
| Thiel Owners Jim and Richard were both extremely frugal engineers and approached the work very similarly in broad strokes. The largest budgetary difference was the cabinet, which gave Van significant sonic-budget advantages. People compare and contrast sonic p... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - H&H was in Southern California. That's all I remember. | |
| Thiel Owners Yes, recording one's own or otherwise knowing intimately the nature of your source material is necessary to not get lost in the woods. When setting up my studio this time around, I began with my analog bias built on a vintage Ampex deck. But all t... | |
| Thiel Owners Andy - that point of "hotter than they should be" is of great interest. It amazes me that there are no real standards regarding target speaker response - "what should be". The scientific work being done at JBL, the Canadian Research Lab, etc. cent... | |
| Thiel Owners Tomic - You are in the driver's seat - I have not yet seen a 2.3. In my upgrades, I am moving the XOs to the bottom compartment with access via a routed bottom panel, taking the drivers out of the access path. | |
| Thiel Owners Tomic- Rob has all spikes and spare parts or can supply specs. Also, if you develop such interest, your 2.3s can be readily upgraded via what we are learning with the 2.4. The 2.3 XO is much simpler with fewer critical parts. Keep us apprised of y... | |
| Thiel Owners Jack - I second Dick Hardesty. When Havens & Hardesty was a hi fi dealer, he did justice to both Thiel and Vandersteen - we were both pleased. He visited Thiel's factory a couple of times and we got along very nicely. He preferred Vandersteen ... | |
| Thiel Owners Andy - from my experience, I see no way that any individual, no matter how brilliant or talented, could execute the process that led to the final Thiel speakers. It's hard for people to imagine the immersion, the dedication, the drive and stamina ... | |
| Thiel Owners Bluetone - please pardon me, I hadn't remembered that the original 3.5 was from Scanspeak. The most likely source of comparative data would be from Madisound. Can you get a datasheet on the original 3.5 midrange from them? If so, then we could com... | |
| Thiel Owners bluetone - and all you 3.5ers - the driver quandary is significant; the lack of suitable replacement drivers is why I have shied away from addressing the 3.5, which is otherwise perhaps the central iconic product that Thiel Audio produced. My caut... | |
| Thiel Owners Kent - thanks for the invitation. I don't get out to play much anymore. But . . . thanks again. | |
| Thiel Owners All else is never equal. Bass inhabits its own world. I haven't seen a 2.7 FR graph, but the 3.7 goes perhaps 5hz (more or less) lower than the 2.4, perhaps 1/6 octave - that's not much. But the tuning of the smaller model 2 enclosure to reach tha... | |
| Thiel Owners pwhinson - I concur with the answers you have gotten, and can add some additional long-view perspective. The 3 moves more air as noted above. Also, the x.7s are more recent and as such include further learning / problem solving in their evolutiona... | |
| Thiel Owners Todd - others may have additional SQ comparisons - my contribution addresses other marketplace factors. The design prospectus for Thiel and Vandersteen could be interchanged; they have conceptually the same design goals, launched at the same time ... |