Thiel Owners

It’s funny. I go around listening to thes epsekaers people have for sale. Speakers that cost more than mine even and they all just miss something these thiels have. How real they sound. How they make the voices sound like they’re singing in the same room as you. Only the Ar9, certain kef models, dahlquist, vandersteen, and sonus faber even get close. None match the coherency the thiels have at all except for the vandersteen. Obviously I’m 
missing a few others but those are the speakers whose sound I can remember very well and is familiar with.

bellesfan,
Excellent! Good to read that Acoustic Zen (AZ) and DH Labs are a sonic match w/ Thiel loudspeakers. The Shanling is a fine spinner as well.Is this company still in business?Your ears do not deceive. A Pre-Amp, is the heart of any Audio system.Yes, an Integrated amp counts as well.
Happy Listening!

bellesfan,
2nd Note;You bring up an excellent point regarding Power Cord(s). Trust your own ears. Quite often, there is not any need to change out PC from stock.AYRE and Belles qualify in this category. Not sure about Primaluna?

Happy Listening!

" So I’ve been thinking. With the purchase of the amps it would be hard to squeeze in the 7’s. Think I should just stick with what I have for now and just save for 3.7 or the 7.2. 7.2 might be better cause of the mineral polymer baffle instead of straight cement."

The 7.2s are harder to drive than the 3.7s and of course are not as efficient (7.2s were tested by a magazine at 85.5 and 3.7s were tested at 90.7).  Remember, that some 7.2s could be upgraded 7s (and I'm not sure if all 7.2s had the composite baffle or early ones had the concrete one).  The concrete baffle weighs a bit more (I think about 15pounds or so per speaker so it is about 155 lbs vs 170).

The 7.2s will play a bit lower than the 3.7s (but not tons, depending on the room).  They sound different.  I'd think that some people heavy into classical music could prefer the 7.2s but the 3.7s are smoother.

@thoft  as your comment above is aligned with my recent comments of perhaps finally hearing the reality of coherence for the first time in 20 years of Thiel ownership, I'll of course throw in my 2 cents worth with a long essay :-|

I've been going to the big audio shows annually (Montreal in recent years), auditioning in the better brick-and-mortar stores to assess the latest and greatest at all price points and design approaches.  All components, but ultimately the speakers used are the 'gatekeepers.'

After all these years I can recognize great sound, not-so-great sound, and a very 'different' sound.  And hear the best soundstaging and clarity, primarily, that exceed what I'm used to at home.  But every time I return home with a weekend of high-end audio fresh in my head, there's a certain 'rightness' to the sound in my room that more than makes up for the improved specific attributes of various systems I heard at shows or showrooms.  I can focus on the attributes my rig doesn't do as well as the uber-systems, but that doesn't alter the listening satisfaction.

This does prevent major upgrade fever, and also makes it very clear when I do make a tweak for the better.  Some of this is long-term familiarity with my electronics and room acoustic, but from recent posts, I think a lot has to do with my 2.4s presenting my audio signals out of the power amp more realistically than the mostly non-coherent speakers I'd been auditioning.  IOW I'm not missing the coherence when listening to other speakers, but relaxing back into it when I return to coherence.  

But this seems a long-term thing.  I don't recall the Thiel or Vandersteen or Zu rooms sounding 'relaxed' or even that great, but I also don't hear this coherence 'difference' when comparing speakers back and forth.