Thiel Owners

Regarding color, my 3.7s are Morado and I also have an MCS1 in what they call dark cherry.  If there is any difference between these two finishes it's subtle.  When I bought the MCS1 I was hoping it would be a matching center with the 3.7s as fronts and, for all practical purposes, it is.  I didn't set them side by side and do a careful comparison but they look the same.  I'm just posting this in case anyone else has wondered if mixing these two finishes in a multichannel setup would look ok.  

there are some great tips on the Mapleshade web site.  Pierre thinks we sit too far away and too high and i have been using his suggestions for years with all my various Thiel speakers. 
I have the speakers  114"  apart (tweeter to tweeer),    90" from my  ear to the tweeter,  and i sit where my ears are  about 32"  off the floorhttp://www.mapleshadestore.com/freeupgrades.php

I sit even closer to mine (7 to 6 1/2 feet)!

Though I disagree a bit with some of the things stated on the mapleshade site.  For instance the idea that sitting closer gets you better bass impact and slam.  I've tended to find the opposite with almost every speaker - the closer I get the more linear and less bloated the bass, but also the less kick and impact (the more headphone-like it gets).  So I'm always trying to balance - close enough for smoothness, distant enough to keep impact.

hi Prof,   how far apart do you have the speakers?  also i really find that the distance from my ears to the floor,   though subtle,  affects the SQ