Good point, Evita.
Do we choose our audio system components on electrical and physical properties/theories or because they bring us closer to the event? And we all have enough experience to know immediately when something sounds natural or artificial.
Stevecham: You seem very obsessed with Thiel and Vandersteen speakers and bash every other speaker when you get the chance. Do you honestly feel you can hear the results of the "perfectly phased" designs of Thiel and Vendersteens in your system? And what other speakers have you brought home and put forth much effort to try in your system directly compared to the Thiels and Vandersteens?
After seeing your setup listed on A'gon, I suspect there are a number of tonality, resolution, frequency extreme, dynamics, etc., weaknesses that would easily mask anyone hearing whether or not drivers are within the last half a millimeter out of alignment with the others in your speakers vs. any other dynamic-driver-based speaker design.
I owned Thiel 3.6 and 2.3 a few years ago. They were replaced by Talon Khorus and Peregrine. The Talons had so much more harmonic content, decays and dimensionality that made the Thiels sound sterile and lifeless in comparison.
I think we benefit a lot more if we pay more attention to our ears and not the latest EE text book.
John
Do we choose our audio system components on electrical and physical properties/theories or because they bring us closer to the event? And we all have enough experience to know immediately when something sounds natural or artificial.
Stevecham: You seem very obsessed with Thiel and Vandersteen speakers and bash every other speaker when you get the chance. Do you honestly feel you can hear the results of the "perfectly phased" designs of Thiel and Vendersteens in your system? And what other speakers have you brought home and put forth much effort to try in your system directly compared to the Thiels and Vandersteens?
After seeing your setup listed on A'gon, I suspect there are a number of tonality, resolution, frequency extreme, dynamics, etc., weaknesses that would easily mask anyone hearing whether or not drivers are within the last half a millimeter out of alignment with the others in your speakers vs. any other dynamic-driver-based speaker design.
I owned Thiel 3.6 and 2.3 a few years ago. They were replaced by Talon Khorus and Peregrine. The Talons had so much more harmonic content, decays and dimensionality that made the Thiels sound sterile and lifeless in comparison.
I think we benefit a lot more if we pay more attention to our ears and not the latest EE text book.
John