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| Thiel Owners ^BTW, those CS 5 Brazilian wood cabinets were gorgeous! | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel, I’ve always been curious as to why Jim chose to use the crossover on the CS5’s for some of the time alignment ( /8”?) when there seemed to be so much attention already spent on those baffles. Why not just do with the baffle? | |
| Thiel Owners I suppose it’s rather personal, but I would choose CS 5i’s over 7.2’s. I seem to have a strong preference for sealed boxes over ports and their variants. | |
| Thiel Owners rosami, while there has been some incremental improvement (IMHO more hype than substance) over the years in speaker design, I still think the real value is with some of the older stuff. Some of the great designers, like Jim Thiel, John Dunlavy, Pe... | |
| Thiel Owners There’s been a lot of recent talk about using Bryston amps with Thiel’s here recently. I am not the only one who has touched upon this more than once before, but I guess for some slogging through all the posts on this thread might be daunting.Ther... | |
| Thiel Owners Oblgny, efficiency is not necessarily the same as sensitivity, and 2.87 Volts is not necessarily the same as 1 Watt. The 3.5’s depending on vintage were rated as 88-89 dB @ 2.87 V. in to 8 Ohms. That does not account for for the 4 Ohm nominal/min... | |
| Have opportunity to buy BHK 300's or Pass Labs 250.8 for my Thiel 3.7's- thoughts?? Keep in mind that the Thiel 3.7's don't just dip into sub 4 Ohm loads, they live there over most of their operating conditions. That's why I caution those to be wary of amps that merely claim to be "Stable for musical transients". Thiel's recommen... | |
| Have opportunity to buy BHK 300's or Pass Labs 250.8 for my Thiel 3.7's- thoughts?? ^It’s not always about ultimate volume but rather about operating in the realm of the load of the particular speaker. | |
| Have opportunity to buy BHK 300's or Pass Labs 250.8 for my Thiel 3.7's- thoughts?? Despite the perception and reputation that these designs might have, I’m not sure they’re the ideal candidates:https://www.stereophile.com/content/thiel-cs37-loudspeaker-measurementshttps://www.psaudio.com/products/bhk-signature-300-monoblock/#tab... | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel, Is there a suitable way to mount powerpoints on top of the Thiel subs? | |
| Thiel Owners I don't think one has to forgo classic Thiel virtues to attract the HT crowd. The concentric drivers lend themselves to it.The more recent models might be adapted to the more recent HT formats. Imagine another concentric driver mounted on top of t... | |
| Opinion of Acurus 2 and 3 channel amplifiers is ... what? IME the Acurus amps had bass response way better than their cost and/or size might suggest. On the other hand; they had a dry chalky top end that I couldn’t live with, and doubt it would compliment the B&W house sound. YMMV. | |
| Trumpeteer Roy Hargrove passes at 49. Much too young, very sad. | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel, I understand and appreciate your points. Please forgive me if I am belaboring the point. Although I would consider a modification that would allow bi-amping with my Thiel 3.5's, I suspect that might be due to the unique qualities of the ... | |
| Still looking for an amplifier upgrade- but with a new twist..... This will meet the requirements:https://www.stereophile.com/content/krell-full-power-balanced-600-power-amplifier-measurementsOf course less powerful versions of the same line might suffice depending on room and desired volume levels. |