Anyone heard the Thiel Subs

Tombowlus, you could have picked up an outboared RANE PE17 parametric EQ and poped it into the signal path for even more flexibility! Buying a sub because it had build in EQ's isn't my first consderation. I'd buy a better sub and do the EQ'ing myself!...that's me.

True, but then I would have also had to buy a unit to give me all the control over the crossover, phase, and polarity. I would need quality interconnects, more outlets, and space for both units. Then, I would still have to buy a great sounding sub. Now granted, I would have done all of this (as needed), if I couldn't find a great sounding sub that incorporated all of these features. But believe me, the DD-series do deserve a listen. While I slightly preferred the sound of the SW1, the difference was not as great as I thought it would be, and when you consider the price difference, that's pretty incredible. I guess what I am saying is that I am not convinced that I could have bought a noticeably better sub (at least not for my system).

According to Mr. Thiel, he designed this smartsub to compliment his SC4
monitor.  It would be interesting to hear a combo w/ one of his floor-standing models, though.

I had the SS2 with the custom crossover to go with my CS6s and, though it sometimes marginally improved the lowest notes, I felt that, overall, the CS6s sounded better without it.  Perhaps this was due to room-dependent phase cancelling of the lowest octaves in my particular set up. In any case, there was overall better coherence without the sub in system and I ended up selling it to a happier customer.

TY- stevecham