Thiel Owners

Very helpful- Dave.

perusing this thread you will have learned that I am in the process of building my reference system :)

Over the past 4 years, I have been fortunate to demo and audition much gear, especially, cabling. There are still a few brands of gear on my short-list to demo. Cabling as well. So it is particularly helpful to me, from you guys that actually have a local dealer/retailer (like oblgny: example),
to report the things -good, bad, indifferent- you all are hearing in the show rooms.

I am not one to rotate gear like most audiophiles. Considering the monies involved, I will keep my reference system for many, many years.
I do not play on that merry-go-round.  SR has been on my radar for some time now. My closest Audio market would be Atlanta, Nashville, New Orleans or northern Florida. My travels and expert demo time has been in
Texas, North Carolina, and Maryland.

We all have different locales across our wonderful nation. This is so helpful
in deducing which brands to audition and those that can be avoided.
Saves money, time as well. I enjoy all dealers/retailers small, medium and large. On hand and avail for demo really peaks my interest.

Keep posting!

Happy Listening All !

Thank You- Dave.

it is a shame about Houston, it is our 4th largest U.S. city and it does not have an Audio operation? What was the Audio shop that used to be located downtown- going I-10 west almost to the Katy city limit?

I can remember viewing it while traveling along the interstate?
It started w/ Sound...Concepts? World? I know it was a staple for a long time.

The same can be said for Atlanta- our 6th largest U.S. city. Only a few years ago there were many Audio operations, now, sadly,only 2/3 ?

B&M shops are becoming scarce for certain. Lucky for you, there are a few sweet operations in Dallas.  Galen Carol is in San Antonio.
There is another shop south of Tyler. Just to mention a few of the ones that I have visited over the years.

Mine will be a simple, yet elegant, 2-channel rig.
Happy Listening!