Thiel Owners

I have searched the thread and not found an answer. Apologies if it exists and I have missed it.

I own some beautiful CS5s and am considering a  set of Parasound JC1s. Anyone every hear the combo? 2 channel audio only. Thank you in advance.

Wow, Tom, thank you for that candid post.

Regarding my upgrade, I would not hesitate to do it again. Some may consider it expensive, especially relative to the price of used Thiels, But the result is a speaker that compares favorably against other models up to $30k and is not embarrassed by the very best I’ve heard.

 I am very curious about your baffle treatment. I need to know more but am a likely candidate! 

My thought has always been that the core system should be as accurate as possible but allow for an alternative when you want to listen to something that is hard to tolerate without some softening.  In the past I've run two paths, one using the balanced and the other the RCA jacks.  I ran the RCA path through a tube buffer that would warm the signal up a tad.  It let me easily switch back and forth just by using the source switch on the preamp.  I'm sure there are people who will have a problem with there being two sets of interconnects hooked up but if they're short I don't think it's a problem.  

I think the way to go if you want to manipulate the signal a little bit is to get digital eq.  I'm 100% on board with the speakers being as accurate as possible.  Accuracy is a difficult enough to achieve without trying to somehow modify the sound to have a particular character.  

Tomthiel, 

Your baffle modifications sound very interesting. I'm excited to see exactly what will be implemented and what the sonic effects will be. I'm planning to keep my CS2.2 speakers and willing to invest in effective tweaks/updates that make a great speaker even greater.