Thiel Owners

@unsound  Thanks for helping me understand some of the intricacies of the CS3.5 EQ and providing some clues toward what's happening in the evolving world of Class D amplification. I agree that Bruno Putzeys has been the brain behind many of the most important advances in modern Class D electronics, so it's interesting that he hasn't yet jumped on the GaNFET bandwagon. From what I've read, it appears that most of Bruno's work continues to use MOSFETs instead of GaNFETs. We'll see if that changes in the future.

For the present, I'm generally happy with the Class D PSA M700 monoblocks powering my Thiels, but I think it's likely that newer Class D offerings will sound even better and cope with low impedance loads more effectively - even in speakers that present a less benign impedance profile than do my CS2.2s. 

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Cables are indeed fascinating, and their interactions with sources and load are beyond my understanding. And a lot of them don't work well with Thiel speakers. For the record - much of my approach to this playback thing holds cost and cost effectiveness as central values. I have auditioned some wonderful-sounding cables (including Cardas) that could simply not stay on my radar for reasons of cost alone. Independent of my own constraints, I live in the world of Thiel's classic orientation: creating musical tools and solutions that give access to sophisticated, satisfying musical playback experiences within the budgets of ordinary people. 

@tomthiel   I agree! I don't understand enough about how cables interact with speakers and specific electronics to be able to predict which ones will sound best in my system. To find cables that work well and don't have crazy-high prices requires a lot of patience and extensive trials to compare cables. As far as I know, @jafant is still on his extended cable quest, and I can't promise that I won't keep listening to new cables myself.

I have some samples of Iconoclast to get into my works. They use similar principles to those Kimber from the 80s (don't remember the name) that were woven, flat, and cost $1K/pair-foot. They were mind blowing. I'm looking forward to the Iconoclast because of their particular pedigree and geometry. They may serve as a reference of reference-level internal hookup wire. But . . .