Thiel 7.2 and the 3.7

Why is the 3.7 taking so long?

I wonder whether they are getting it "just right" or doing too many patches to a problematic design?

Any word of mouth on this?
Art

Just a guess, but I suspect it may be a tooling issue. In some ways these speakers are quite a departure from previous Thiel designs. On the one hand, Thiel seems to have gotten in the habit of taking a long time to get new products out. On the other hand, I'd rather they got it right, than released them prematurely.

Thiel's website says that they are currently in the midst of trial production runs and expect to be delivering 3.7's by mid April.

FWIW, I contacted Thiel on this question exactly (comparing the 3.7 with the 7.2). Their answer was that the 3.7 was an improvement in all areas over the 7.2 except in bass depth and large dynamics. In frequency response, clarity, spatial fidelity and efficiciency they believe the 3.7 is the winner. OK, that's their view.....they still don't expect to ship for a few weeks but Crutchfield are now taking orders :)

I demoed the 3.7's last night. The problem is that they were not broken in, they only had 25 hours on them. Anyone who has owned Thiels knows that 25 hours in nowhere near enough time. My initial impression is that the sound stage was HUGE. They were also very smooth, smoother than other Thiels, which can be a little edgy. I won't judge the bass yet. I am going back in a couple weeks after they are broken in. Physically they were slightly taller than the 2.4, and much deeper. More to come . . .