Thiel Owners

tomthiel
as you have the time to read the above article, I wonder if you would not mind chiming in on meeting these Cable pioneers. I imagine the circle was quite close in those early days of Thiel Audio.   Was Jim fond of any of these guys? Were you or Gary consulting for internal wiring of Jim's designs? Jim's lab equipment?

I need another history lesson, perspective.

Happy Listening!

JAFant - would you please supply a link to the Olsher article? I didn't find it searching the Absolute Sound site.

Let's see if this link works
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/a-short-history-of-high-end-cables/

tomthiel

as above.  Happy Listening!

jafant,

Thanks for the link to the Absolute Sound article. A very interesting history lesson. My first experience with anything better than zip cord was Monster Cable. I "graduated" to Straightwire in the 1990's, flirted with Audioquest and several Blue Jeans Cable offerings over the years, and recently settled on a Cardas Parsec interconnect after trying out several other options in my home system. I have heard differences between wires when I had been hoping not to hear any so that I could be happy with less expensive options, but I have never ventured into the ultra-high-end world of wire - and I'm reluctant to invest the time and money required to do so.

This discussion reminded me of an interview with Jim Thiel (mostly completed online, I think) published on the Audioholics website in 2004. Gene DellaSalla seemed more inclined to argue with Jim about the sonic effects of wire (or lack of them) rather than to learn from Jim's knowledge and experience. The interaction left me with a very negative impression of Gene, both in terms of his lack of openness to any ideas that questioned his beliefs and his inability to be a gracious host to a guest on his website. The link to the interview is here: https://www.audioholics.com/audio-video-cables/thiel-audio-interview-on-cables