Thiel Owners

I agree with Tom that a good pair of speakers should
sound good regardless of cables. Even with low cost
cable like Monster should sound good if the speakers
are properly designed. If a set of cable make the
speakers sound bright, then the speakers probably
already on the edge of bright sounding.

Likewise a good set of cables should sound good regardless
of speakers. If the cables make the speakers sound
overly warm then the cables probably already warm sounding
on its own.

I just got a pair of Acoustic Zen Hologram II cables
and I couldn't believe the difference in sound. The
previous cables were QED Silver Revelation which was
not that bad, but the Acoustic Zen is an order of
magnitude better. It's not just better, it's like
whoa better. The QED is about $150 a pair. The
Acoustic Zen is $1200 a pair so it's almost 10 times
more expensive. Is it ten times better? I actually
think so, but I think at that price point, it's
getting close to diminishing return, at least with
respect to my system resolution. I suppose with
much higher end system, a much more expensive cables
will have a more linear improvement with respect to
price.

brayeagle
I am looking forward to the audition as well.  It is going to be interesting to learn the advancement of the cubed series.  Happy Listening!

yyzsantabarbara

Good to see you. Thank You for the comments. I would not mind getting a demo on the ML No. 585 integrated. It has received high marks all around.  The early reports on the Bryston 4B3 is that it has a warmer presentation than previous series.  This might account for the presentation, sound that you heard during your demo.

Happy Listening!

tomthiel

Thank You for your comments and replies to my query.  I think that we all started with Monster Cable at one time or another.  I know that Transparent then M.I.T. were some of the earliest adopters of aftermarket cabling and power cords. It would be interesting to learn which company came into existence in Europe and Japan.  
No doubt that Ray Kimber had a hand in those early days of cabling.
Wonderful CES story.  A few years ago I did hear Straight Wire and was impressed with its entry level IC and PC. Very musical to my ears. This tells us that one does not need to spend much money to achieve great sound.   Happy Listening!

Well...trying to keep this related to Thiel...

Having recently completed a very extensive auditioning period of a long list of speakers from $6,000 to around $20,000 or more retail (some new, some used), virtually every single one of those speakers were hooked up to a wide variety of high priced speaker cables (including Nordost and other well regarded brands), attached to systems with expensive interconnects, expensive AC cables, power conditioners etc.

Somehow, despite all of those items that should have accumulated some impressive gains over my cheapo cabling, none of that seemed to give them much of a leg up on my system. In every case I found my system competitive (and usually better/preferable) in every way, whether it was detail, smoothness, organic quality, timbral nuances, imaging, you name it. My system did not seem hampered in any way at all.

So for me, I'm confident in where I have allocated my money and time - which is to the right speaker (and good room set up).  

I love my Thiels!

(I don't plan on selling my Thiels, only augmenting my speaker collection as I love speakers).