Thiel Owners

Prof: 

i think that mid bass bloom is very addictive and i can see why she likes it.  but i find the articulation is better on the bigger ones and they do go deeper with less effort.   either speaker is amazing.   I heard a system today with a pair of Magico's that sell for about $29,000 for the pair.   I did not leave the demo wishing i had them instead.  The system sounded great but not really any better than mine with a much more affordable speaker.
I was at a seminar on REL subs and i think you might find them easier to set up and use than the JL's

Funny you mention Magico, I'm going to be checking out the Magico A3 speakers soon.

I tried hooking up my JL subs in the REL fashion (they allow for that type of set up) and didn't have great success - the sound got tonally darker and less dynamic for whatever reason. So I went whole hog and bought a high end JL crossover to "do subs right" and split the signal between the mains and the sub (as all the subwoofer aficionados will tell you).  

But it's such a friggin' hassle I can't get around to doing it.

hi Prof,   REL takes a totally different approach to subs than JL.   I am no  expert and am not very technically literate,  but one of my takeaways today was that REL  does not like the outboard crossovers that do what the JL does.  they want the speaker to receive the full range of signal and for the amp to send a full signal to the sub.  i agree with Jafant,  that the REL is not that hard to set up.