tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Addendum: The 3.6 and 3.7 impedance curves are practically identical. John Siau at Benchmark modeled load tests on varous Thiel models including the 5i and 3.6 ( I don't have 3.7s). He allowed with caution bridged AHB2s for all the products excep... | |
| Thiel Owners I've been living with and loving a pair of AHB2s for about 5 years. Part of my experience includes comparison with some 'big' amps at Duramax747's listening room. I've never dared push any hi fi system as hard as he does. We were driving the CS5i,... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound Agreed. Another elephant in the room is listening level and music type. A model 1 can fill an impressively large space playing vocals with simple arrangements at restrained levels. In the days when most hi fi was bought through vetted ... | |
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| Thiel Owners tmsrdg I was referring to the 3.7 as Jim's swansong. The radial wave drivers and motor system advances were a leap ahead. New things are also in the works. | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - Thanks for your perspective. My parallel thought is that both speakers would work nicely in many of same rooms, but the later CS3.7 with breakthrough tech would shine brighter. However, in a larger room or higher amplitude the 3.7 wo... | |
| Thiel Owners JA and all - since this update is somewhat nebulous, I’ll start with a grounding summary. When we all met in 2018, it was for my assessment of the health and interest of the Thiel community. This site was my only input, since I find social media ... | |
| Thiel Owners ovinewar1 - I consider floor coupling to be a hard problem, but containing some simple, executable aspects. The hard part is that various floor systems have their unique parameters of absorption, reactivity and so forth. No simple solution fits th... | |
| Thiel Owners JA and all - Report I know that progress is slow - I like to think of it as 'glacial'. Slow, yes, but also deep and strong. Thiel Renaissance is my full-time occupation. Collaborator and beta projects are making strong, steady progress. My own wo... | |
| Thiel Owners biannuzzi22 Gary at CSS would know all the particulars. I do know that they're not the same driver. The CS2.4 has a more sophisticated and expensive motor system including rare-earth magnets. The 2.3 coax was used in the PCS and MCS for which... | |
| Thiel Owners Jeff - most 03s were sold with the EQ, which gave Jim the courage to design the 03a with sealed bass that is dependent on the EQ. Regarding the other driver numbers, here's the missing link for you. All Thiel's drivers from the beginning were som... | |
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| Thiel Owners Jeff - Gary at Coherent Source Service is your resource. My comments are for historic background. Eminence made the woofers for the models 01, 01a, 01b, 03 and 03a. That was their 10KPHG8GX which was later replaced by their 10101. The T-S paramet... |