Thiel Owners

thanks Dan and Prof for your comments.  it is funny that your brother may have liked the 2.7's better as my girlfriend likes them better too.   i think that the "sweeter" mid bass sound is what appeals to her as they have a bit more warmth in some ways than the 3.7's.   Hell if i cannot sell them,  i might have to sell the 3.7's as i cannot afford to keep both.

It seems a lot of people have old Classe amps sitting around.  I've got a pair of CA200s from 1996 that haven't been used in 5+ years.  They developed intermittent crackling sounds that I couldn't get fixed.  I replaced them with a pair of Cambridge 840s that I run bridged mono.  They've been good.  I find them more neutral than the Classe and they seem to have plenty of power, at least for my purposes.  Cambridge tends to be high performance/marginal quality from what I've read but these amps have worked perfectly since I've had them.  We'll see how long they last.  

I'm not surprised that it's tough to sell the 2.7s.  I decided a long time ago that most "audiophiles" don't actually care that much about absolute sound quality.  It's a factor but looks, novelty, preferred colorations, how much attention something is getting in the press make a bigger difference.  Thiel was never big on exotic materials or other talking points that may have helped sales but that may or may not have improved the sound.  People who want accuracy are a niche within the high end audio niche. 

In the long run, I believe the 2.7 (and 1.7) will become collectors' items. They were made in Lexington after Jim's death and before the sale, using old-Thiel type parts (high purity inductors, PP caps with PS bypasses, etc. on point to point boards. The 2.7 uses the 3.7 coax with a smaller woofer for a hypothetically "easier" crossover than the 3.7. I suspect that further tweaking, such as replacing the big electrolytics with PPs might make the 2.7 one for history.

how does the ATI 6000 work? it's 350 @ 8 and 475@ 4   Or there class D monster at 650@8 1000@4  

Oblgny, do you have Thiel CS3.5 bass equalizer properly working? If so how much are you asking? I am not familiar with the policy of this forum so please let me know if we have to talk separately. 
Jafant and all, thank you for your support, today I sent another mail to Mr Gillum asking if he can keep my eq and take all the time of this world to fix it. Fingers crossed....
Cheers