Thiel Owners

JA - I'm having a blast. I'm newly in a suitable space that was built in the 19th century as a dowel-making workshop. Good proportions and bones. Focus is on finalizing the (myriad) wire trials using (this round) the SCS4 with outboard crossover. I am again surprised how much improvement is made via simply moving the XO outboard free from microphonics and away from the driver EMF zone. There is notably less difference between wires when EMF is reduced. The wires act as antennae and quieter is decidedly better.

This weekend a young, female subject from a musical family, but first exposure to Thiel, listened to an Adam Cohen recording (Boats, from We Go Home). We listened through A: stock SCS4 and then B: outboard XO with original XO including wire). B brought some tears and comments about surprising involvement & connection.

More wire comparisons on today's docket.

tomthiel

Outstanding! At your age and stage in life, I will accept nothing less than having a Blast!

Happy Listening!

JA - are you suggesting that I'm approaching middle age?

tomthiel

Absolutely! Middle age is the new Fountain of Youth.

Happy Listening!

@thieliste - just wondering if you might have needed the GAIA 1’s instead of the GAIA 2’s? I messaged Isoacoustics about them for my CS3.6’s which weigh about 108 pounds and told them that I was considering putting 3 of the GAIA 1’s (which are rated for 220 pounds for 4 feet) and they said that the 1’s would be the way to go because it is best to keep well under the max rating.

Now I have not done this yet but this tweak to my Sound Anchors stands is something I am still planning on doing in the near future in order to tighten up the bass. I’m thinking that a lot of my bass power is escaping into the suspended floor anyway so by decreasing this, I’m hoping for increased bass clarity. If it turns out that the low bass is too thin, maybe then I will start looking into a sub to go with the 3.6’s.