Thiel Owners

andy,

Yes that's a fair point.  Though I think to a degree.

But there is so much that you can adjust via speaker positioning/room acoustics, especially when we are talking about things like an assertive treble, that it makes sense as a first step before trying to "fix" it with gear that may or may not come close to doing so.

On the other hand, I don't think I'd get exactly what I get from my CJ tube gear vs a solid state amp, strictly from changing speaker positions.

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Thank You for reviving the old CS 7.2/Levinson thread. I would be interested in learning if any of those guys still own the 7.2 loudspeaker?"

Been quite a while since I lived in the DC area and my friend who worked at the store and I did deliveries with.  Most of that was the late 1990s through around 2005 (my friend was gone from the store a few years when I sold my 7.2s and got my 3.7s and since he helped me sell my 7.2s the owner let him deliver my 3.7s and took care of him).  There's an old Washington Post article (I was not able to find it) from around 15+ years ago about one of the people I was talking about that deals with ultra high end 2-channel systems.  His first name was Hugh (last name escapes me at the moment - was a retired Navy pilot - very nice guy) and he was the focus of the article.  I think back then he had about $140k at retail into his 2-channel system.  Besides being over his place (which I enjoyed), I'd see him at events at the local audio shop.  There probably weren't too many of us back then who used to frequent that local shop who owned 7.2s.  Back then I think the most expensive speaker I saw in someone's house were these -  https://manofmany.com/tech/audio/dynaudios-evidence-loudspeakers-85000-well-spent   Room wasn't a good match (way too small but I understand the customer moved a couple of years later into a bigger place) and he had Levinson 33Hs which I helped install.  I always look at used stuff (not that I need anything), particularly local to me and probably one of these days, I'll end up picking up something speaker wise.

https://manofmany.com/tech/audio/dynaudios-evidence-loudspeakers-85000-well-spent

Damn ... tall, slim, and perfectly proportioned lols. That definitely will make me spend 80K on front ends :-)

Here's a trick question: Does really it matter how they sound?  

You might be surprised at how the WAF influences someone willing to part with his money. ;-) ;-) ;-)

He actually got the $85k list price speakers used for something like $27k with shipping (that was probably about 15+ years ago).  The room was probably about just over 9 feet wide by about 17 feet with metal Boltz LP racks all over.  We took out a pair of $12k list B&W retro looking speakers that sounded better in the room.  Electronics included the Levinson 33H monoblocks ($20k list) and the Levinson reference preamp of the day ($16k list) and the he had an adjacent bigger room with a TV and a pair of Maggie 3.6s on a side wall (adjacent to the small room with the Dynaudio speakers), which I believe were powered by a De Havilland amp or integrated in the same room as the Dynaudio.  When we left my friend said that he would be better off with 7.2s in that room (vs. the Dynaudio).  Did other deliveries where the room was an afterthought. Like 2 story glass walls and a wall with a stone fireplace and Thiel 2.3s (which I owned before the 7.2s) and it sounded so bright it hurt my ears.  That system was bought totally based on review ratings vs. the person listening carefully or obviously considering the room.