Thiel Owners

unsound - thanks for the memory jog. I just added a pair of Goertz AlphaCore interconnects to my upcoming shoot-out.

Tom thanks very much for your input on cabling very interesting indeed.

Do you have any idea if the 3.7s binding posts were made of 100% copper or brass when they were still in production ?

A friend of mine who came over this weekend for a listen told me if they were made of brass it would be worth upgrading them for Mundorf 100% copper.

I have tried many speaker cables with both my 3.6 and CS6 and always seem to come back to Straightwire Maestro II.  I do not believe you need a cost no object cable for Thiels unless you have similar equipment. 

I have tried several $$ speaker  cables including:

 Alpha Core Goertz M2 and M3 - nice balance overal, M2 better - RC links a hassle 

Kimber 3035 - dull sounding, good bass however, silver/copper mix not ideal   

8TC - solid, neutral, puts out what is put in, will always have a pair on hand

StraightwireVirtuoso - disappointing since the Maestro is so good, grainy,

Tara Labs The One - solid core not for me or Thiels IMO 

MIT Oracle V4 - aggressive top end, great bass

Magnum M2 - good but moved up the line to V4

750 SG - a classic in my HT system.  Warm full bodied holographic.  slight bloat.

Purist Audio Proteus - gave up too soon on these.  Used them with another speaker

Nirvana SL - nice, but lost in a cable co shootout with SW Maestro II

AP oval 9...just to name a few.  I have what is called a cable fettish!

After all that SW Maestro II is in my system today.   I have PAD Venustas IC's upstream.  I believe you can get more out of experimentation with interconnects than speaker cables with Thiels.  

Of course this is my perspective in my system YMMV.  Only way to know is to try IMHO.

@thieliste 

I replaced the speaker posts on my 2.7's with Cardas CCGR posts ,

a bit of work drilling the holes , the originals use a rectangular hole .

vair68robert

Good to see you here today. Cardas posts are quite popular in our Hobby.

Happy Listening!