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Thiel 3.7 vs Dynaudio C4

My friend listened to my Thiel 3.7 system, and liked it very much. He wants me to compare 3.7 with C4. He may choose between these two speakers. But I am not familiar with C4, and it's hard to compare these two speakers side by side. If it happens you are familiar with both, can you please give me 2 cents? Thank you in advance.
actuary616
audiofeil
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Buff is a Dynaudio dealer and should have tempered his post with that disclosure.
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buff
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Audiofeil is correct, I am a Dynaudio dealer, and Sapphire owner, but since I was not at the time trying to sell the OP anything, simply offering information which as others pointed out IS relevant to the OPs question I did not see the reason to add some kind of disclosure statement.
Additionally, anyone who clicks on my username will see that I am a dealer of both Dynaudio AND Thiel.
I most certainly was not trying to hid the fact that I am a dealer, I was just trying to offer useful insight based on my experience as a dealer to the OP.
BUT, since the OP was so kind as to point out the fact that I AM a Dynaudio dealer, pelase let me know if any of you need anything.
actuary616 OP
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Buff,

As a dealer of both Dynaudio and Thiel, which one do you prefer? Can you give us some comments? Thanks.
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buff
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Hi Actuary616,

Preference is greatly dependant upon price point. Both Thiel and Dynaudio are great companies who produce very nice products.

The Dynaudio Excite X-12 @ $1200 retail is a great speaker.
Thiel's SCS-4 @ $2K is very hard to beat.

I have owned systems in which I altered the Thiel CD-2.4 and Dynaudio Contour S3.4 and the speaker I enjoyed more depended upon the electronics upstream.

To give a general rule of thumb though when comparing the two the Dynaudio house sound is more romantic and makes everything sound good. Thiel's generally have a more detailed presentation and give you EXACTLY what is on the cd. Thiel speakers also excel at low frequency extension in their floorstanding models.

So the direct answer to your question is that my personal preference is dependant upon price.
missioncoonery
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"To give a general rule of thumb though when comparing the two the Dynaudio house sound is more romantic and makes everything sound good. Thiel's generally have a more detailed presentation and give you EXACTLY what is on the cd. Thiel speakers also excel at low frequency extension in their floorstanding models"

IMO, I really have to disgaree with that totally,Ive never heard anyone call Dynaudio "romantic" or forgiving to a recording especially a dealer of Dyns.Ive heard the Theils and would swap that comparision 180 degrees.
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