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| Thiel Owners anzen - lots of interacting variables and solution visions. Among those is de-coupling which Thiel rejected. Thiel’s vision landed on maximizing the connection between the driver and cabinet to reduce recoil, increase effective mass and stiffness ... | |
| Thiel Owners I'd rather you not as well. I want to address the relevant aspects of sophisticated performance and physical vibration control is a real as well as manageable issue. | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - thanks for the input. What may not be self-evident is that changes such as these wire lengths require system tweaking. I had presumed that the system would be optimized around some fairly short umbilical length, but am open to reconsider... | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound - that's a complication I hadn't anticipated. Wire is highly reactive and susceptible to noise from multiple causes. Having long runs between the XO and speaker would require specific engineering to maintain target performance. I've becom... | |
| Thiel Owners The floor interface is a complex problem, especially considering that each floor is unique and sometimes substantially different from other floors. | |
| Thiel Owners I agree. Outboard has lots of advantages. But I also want a significant upgrade that doesn't require the outboard box. I'm able to get a considerable inboard advance over stock. Outboard is better. | |
| Thiel Owners Tom D. Indeed we avoid aligning the geometric plane of the XO panel normal to the velocity propagation wave. The vertical boards are aligned to present minimal area to the velocity wave. Adjustable resonance control is an attractive mechanism, bot... | |
| Thiel Owners anzen - it’s a complex, multi-dimensional puzzle. In terms of pure signal propagation, PCBs outdo most PtoP layouts, especially if one-sided. PCBs shorter leads create smaller antenna effects. A new insight (to me) is how signal chaos is created w... | |
| Thiel Owners Anthony - please keep lurking. Sorry the going has been so slow. We're close to an upgraded equalizer and working in other areas. First we need a tweeter based on the UltraTweeter used in the CS5,3.6, and 2.2, now obsolete and unsupportable. Next ... | |
| Thiel Owners audiiofilio123 - two thoughts come to mind. A: you like more bass than the CS.5 delivers or B: something is wrong. Your room is appropriately sized and I'll presume your equipment is up to the task, with the caveat that the CS.5 has a low impedan... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - we’re actively working on the 3.5. It is perhaps my favorite Thiel speaker in that it captures Jim’s primary insights. It’s the only place I’ve ever heard honest 20Hz, in-time bass; and with a footprint of a square foot and waist high. ... | |
| Thiel Owners I am suggesting that you pull the woofer and snoop around. | |
| Thiel Owners Regarding the ’splat’ in general. The splat is the audible effect of a larger problem. Interaction of fields in the speaker system cause negative sonic effects at all volume levels - becoming worse as volume increases. Some have described the 2.2 ... | |
| Thiel Owners barnett - the sound in your recording is not the overload 'splat'. Your noise sounds like wire buzz or similar mechanical vibration. Something may be hitting the back of the woofer or passive radiator, or alternately, the surround of the passive r... | |
| Thiel Owners These dimensions are actually better. Your Bonello modes / third ascendency is now full (rather than missing one step) and now most of your bass modes fall squarely between notes with fewer needing attention. Outboard crossovers will be available... |