Thiel Owners

tomthiel

Thank-you for taking the time to write this up. You are a wealth of knowledge on many subjects. Thanks for being such a helpful resource to us all.

My take away is let the natural beauty of the wood standout and provide a finish that does not inhibit this.

Some of the techniques I came across started with a coat of Boiled Linseed Oil or Danish oil, then non-waxed shellac, then top coated with polyurethane for durability. Likely Boiled Linseed Oil or Danish oil was not used on the 3.7 finish I have. With the raw Birdseye it's stark white in comparison to the finished 3.7's and wondered if any of these oils had been used to darken.

Sounds as the Shellac will provide the warm amber look of the 3.7's and allow the beauty of the wood to shine through. I assume the 3.7's have darkened over time. I'll pick up the supplies you suggested and trial on scrap pieces and see how it looks!

Heading out on family vacation so it will be a bit before I get back to this. Will keep you posted.

Thanks again!

pablohoney -

As fate would have it, our original ’O’ series used Danish Oil as a first coat to seal and warm the tone. That went out with the 1983 CS3.

Our sealer or shellac are clear, which in shellac land is called ’white’, unless you want some color to match your aged veneers, etc. Then there are many shellac shades available beginning with ’blond’, all the way to ’dark amber’ and ’orange’. Begin with the thinned clear wash coats like I described. Just wade in.

I advise against polyurethane as that chemical family has much larger molecules and different light refractive index that I disparaged above. Try for lacquer to get a ’Thiel’ look.

Greetings everyone and Happy Friday.   This may surprise a few people, but i got the itch to get a new amp and so am selling my PS Audio BHK 300 mono blocks.

if anyone is interested they can PM me.   They work great with Thiel speakers for sure as they powered 2.7's and now 3.7's.   Kent

Had a pair of 2.4s.  Really liked them but then moved up to 3.7s.  Liked them even more.  Still have them.  Listened to other brands including Magico and Wilson and in my price range (under 40K) I have not found anything that makes me want to give up my 3.7s.  I found that for my flooring (carpet over 1" subflooring on 2x12 joists) spikes were a better way to go than the Gaia.  The spikes focused the imaging better in my set up.  Also have a pair of REL S/5 SHO subs.  They are a great addition to the 3.7s.  

I'm listening to Chick Corea and Gary Burton Tiny Desk Concert on my Thiel Viewpoints.  I'm listening nearfield.  It's youtube, I'm sure low bit rate or whatever but it's so good.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15IHNYq6stw