Home Theater vintage Thiel set up question

Hi all ! Glad it worked well for you . I was considering the 3's at one time but due to low funds went with the 2's . The local dealer and a few customers recommended using the 3's sans EQ. Never know till you try . Btw , the 2's are the easiest thiel to drive , the 3's prob not too bad w/o the Eq . The EQ really puts more demand on the amp .

Bogiedr, Have you tried using the eq? Do you have the eq? FWIW, and with all due respect to Gary, I've been using Thiels for much longer than Gary has been working there. He came on long after the CS 3's were discontinued. My reasoning is sound, I've heard them with and without. The CS 3's sans eq roll off rather high, which means the subs need to roll off beyond there optimum. Have you tried using the CS 2's as the mains. They'll go lower than the CS 3's sans eq and will be smoother in the critical midrange-treble. I'll take a wild guess that you have the CS 2's out further in the room than the CS 3's sans eq. The ported bass of the CS's will be less muddy out from the walls and the CS 3's sans eq sealed box bass will benefit more from near wall placement than the CS 2's. Since your using subs. The only advantage of the CS 3's over the CS 2's, is in the deepness and phase coherency of the bass, but most of that is negated if you don't use the eq. Without the eq the CS 2's are a better speaker. I'd suggest selling the CS 3's an replacing them with another pair of CS 2's.

Hi all ! It looks like he is happy the way it is. There are a bunch of combinations he could try...right now I would leave it ( and him ) alone and enjoy ! cheers !

Thanks Bradluke! Unsound, I appreciate your responses and your tone, very informative, and I mean that! What got me started wondering about a full vintage Thiel speaker system for HT was hooking up the 2's as fronts, which had collected dust since they were replaced by a pair of Von Schweikert VR2's in my two channel system some 7 or 8 years ago. The pricing of the CS3's without the EQ made it a no brainer to buy them, even repairing the tweeter and mid on one of them. Because of the room configuration, the system actually sounds excellent with the 3's up front and the 2's as surrounds. I will give it a couple of months and see how I feel at that time. Right now I am enjoying the way this system sounds. My wife who is becoming quite the audiophile is very pleased with the sound of the HT, and we know how much that plays into the equation! Anyway, cheers everyone, Happy New Year and we'll continue chatting!!
Hit them straight!

Enjoy!