Thiel Owners

@tomthiel, I’m glad your trip was fruitful. Hopefully we’ve found a resource to help further the Thiel legacy.  I’m truly excited by the eq projects. 
  The more I think about your earlier posts about making the Thiel’s cross-overs external; the more  I think this the preferred way of doing things. Perhaps there could be some overlap with such external cross-overs and the eq projects? 
  With more multi-bit DACs (32 etc.) the more direct drive of amplifiers by such DACS become more viable without risk of bit stripping . Thus making active linestages superfluous in many systems. One concern is that the otherwise preferred balanced outputs with their higher output voltages might still need too much attenuation to avoid the aforementioned bit stripping. Of course, amps such as the Benchmark with adjustable input solve this issue, but this very useful feature is unfortunately not all that common. Perhaps some sort of attenuation option on the proposed eq’s could facilitate such a system arrangement?

Tom Thiel thanks so much for your journey and updates! Did you or your brother ever consider or build a prototype based on aperiodic enclosure slash vario vent..which when implemented properly seems to greatly reduce the system resonance peak?

tomthiel

Thank You for the follow up with Bill Thalmann. I am glad that you guys had a fruitful conversation and trip. His reputation is well documented and regarded in these very Audio forums. I can only imagine the setting of his Hot Rod Garage.

Keep us posted on the modification/over-haul of your Classe' amps.
That brand still has a loyal following to date.

Excited about the future of Thiel Renaissance as well.  This outing sounds like a catalyst of good things on the horizon. In fact, I am certain that other Manufacturers would take an interest as information is released within Trade circles. Well Done!

Happy Listening!

brettmcee - from the earliest time, we noted that Thiel customers seemed to play by different rules than much of the industry. We chalked that up to Thiel's objective, neutral, no-nonsense approach to our products and our business. We also noted that reviewers of Thiel products shared that same stripe of competence. And the pros who used our speakers to mix and master were first-rate. Tom Jung of DMP was as good as it got in the early days of digital, and various European, especially Scandanavian, recordists produced albums that are still today beyond reproach.

Music brings out the best in us all. And Thiel people are my favorites.

unsound - indeed an equalizer opens myriad possibilities. Bill would have the knowledge to orchestrate an attenuation scheme; he would also have the chops to orchestrate alternative power for the EQ. A large part of the cost and limitation of any active device is centered on its AC power supply. What if we borrowed DC from the preamp, perhaps via post-installed 40 volt phantom power (ubiquitous in the pro world for microphones, etc.) to power the EQ from the preamp’s power supply. And so forth and so on.