Thiel Owners

prof,

Thanks for your additional comments, even if if you're not completely sure about the spike vs. spikeless comparison. It's helpful when you say that you don't remember the spikes changing the sound much.

For my Thiel 2.2 speakers, I may just let inertia (i.e., being lazy and cheap) shape my decisions about trying any new speaker isolation products. If I decide to do my own evaluation of the spike vs. spikeless set-up, it won't cost me a thing since I'm already using the spikes.

I know what you mean about how hard it is to move the speakers with the spikes in place, If I eventually decide to remove them, I would be able to fine-tune speaker placement more easily - so that is a factor to consider as well.

Again, thanks for sharing your experience with speaker isolation. I hope your speakers continue to sound great!  

One point about my situation is that I move my speakers probably more than most people.  For one thing, I swap in various speakers (sometimes my Thiels, sometime my Joseph Audio speakers, occasionally different speakers).   Plus I do play around with speaker positioning rather than just finding one spot and never moving them.   So having an unfussy speaker in terms of movement is a plus for me.

Thiel only made outriggers for certain models and they where the latter models. 

I've tried many platforms under a speaker and you would be and pressed to find something that out performs a Panzerholz/tankwood base.

Happy Friday!  ALL

duramax - can you describe the Panzerholz base in some detail?