Thiel Owners

Jafant, nothing fancy about the rest of my 2 channel set up. It's in my unattached 3 car garage/mancave. I have 2 setups in there. I'm running the Thiel 2 2's with the earlier mentioned Anthem MCA 225 using Blue Jeans 12 gage wire with locking banana clips. My only sound source is a single tray Marantz cd player from the mid 90's. I have a SMSL volume control/DAC and an Adcom GTP-500 preamp.  The 2nd setup in there is a rack with Yamaha A-S801 integrated amp with a Sony cd player and Amazon purchased cables with regular banana plugs. I have 2 pairs of unique speakers on this setup. One is a Salvation Army find from about 7 years ago. Amrita Audio Reference Standard floor standers. These things are my pride and joy. The gloss black cabinets are 14" wide, 16" deep and 49" tall. Rear ported. It houses a single 13.5" cast frame woofer, dual DynAudio 6.5" mids and a Vifa metal dome tweeter. The top half of the baffle is covered in black felt where the mids and tweeter are. The DynAudio voice coils are 3"! Abnormally large for a 6.5 inch speaker. The second pair of speakers I made. I repurposed the cabinets from an old pair of Realistic 10 inch 3 way speakers. I cut off the entire front baffle and lined all the interior walls with additional 5/8 MDF. So now the side walls, top, bottom and back are 1.2 inches thick. I bought a (now) discontinued Dayton Audio 10" aluminum woofer from Parts Express. Also got a Fountek FW146 5.25" aluminum midrange and a Dynavox soft dome tweeter. They also discontinued the Fountek mid, so if I ever need to replace a woofer or mid, I'm screwed. What's unique about my homemade speakers is that the woofer is sealed in most of the cabinet's airspace but the mid and tweeter are open baffle on a piece of white 5/8" Corian that my friend machined for me. Fun hobby. That's why we're all here. Happy 4th all. 

danbro

Very nice set up indeed.

Happy Listening!

Happy Friday! All

As I have reported numerous times….

The 3.7s worked great in my modest sized 15’ x 13’ listening room.  They were the smoothest top to bottom sounding speaker with the best controlled bass I think I’ve ever heard.

Photo (I had to sell them for a smaller speaker because as you can see here, they made getting in out of the room a bit awkward):

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Also, in terms of amplifiers : my Conrad Johnson premier 12 monoblocks - 140 W/side of push pull tube power - drove the Thiels effortlessly with punch and control… and would certainly go much louder than I would care to listen.  They were one of the best speaker/amp combinations I’ve heard. 
 

Slightly downsizing to the  2.7s made a significant difference in terms of aesthetics and ergonomics.  Again, they sound spectacular with the Conrad Johnson gear:

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My newer Joseph Audio Perspective2  speakers fit the room even better:

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But I’m never parting with my Thiel 2.7s!  I like to be able to switch between the Joseph and Thiel sound. 

prof

Agreed. The CS 2.7 is the perfect loudspeaker for your 15x13 room.  Conrad Johnson gear adds sizzle to the set-up.

Happy Listening!