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help thiel 2.4 placement???

i am having some problems placing in my room a pair of thiel 2.4, acording to thiel they should be far away from the walls, they recomend 3 ft at least from the back walls and 5 ft from the side walls.
i did this and i am not getting any bass, if i put them closer (1 ft) from the back wall i get much better bass but thiel does not recomend this.
right now i have them 2.5 ft from the back wall, 6 ft apart from each other, and the listening position is 8 ft away. sound is ok but i know it should be better.
does any body have experience placing thiels, please help
thanks in advance.
rcoppel
ozfly
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Yes. I opted for brass cones/discs because: 1) They looked a lot nicer and that appealed to my wife, 2) I was able to purchase brass pucks with the cones so did not have to leave permanent marks on my wood floor, and 3) By the time I ordered the cones/pucks, I'd forgotten that Thiel shipped the spikes with their speakers (they were in the box). Well, what can I say???

However, I did try the Thiel spikes later with the pucks and didn't like them quite as much (though they are certainly better than no spikes at all). Good catch. Since the cones/pucks weren't very expensive, I continue to recommend them. But, no reason not to try the spikes first, especially on carpet (I'm still not crazy about leaving holes in the wood floor). Thanks Zaikes.
jafant
18,842 posts
 
Are you guys still listening to the CS 2.4 loudspeakers in 2017?
saffron_boots
50 posts
 
Hi @rcoppel 

My room is about 14' x 23'.  In stereo mode, the speakers are about 8' apart tweeter-to-tweeter, and 4.5' off the front wall.  I am sitting almost 10' tweeter-to-ear.  I can confirm tonight.  I'm not worried about the sides as I'm absorbing the first reflection.  

I've pissed around with different placement (including moving the chairs), but this seems to be the one that offers the best balance and imaging, in my room.  

You can see it in Virtual Systems. 

Good luck. 

Warren
jafant
18,842 posts
 
Warren,

once I complete my system- the speakers will be 8-9' apart tweeter to tweeter. 2-3' from back wall, my sitting 9-10' away.  This is how I will start my journey towards the Absolute Sound.
saffron_boots
50 posts
 
Shane Buettner wrote in the Audio Perfectionist Journal:

I achieved the sound I liked best with the 2.4s just under 7 feet apart (center to center), with a distance of just over 9 feet from each speaker to the listening position (an included angle between the speakers and listener of considerably less than 60 degrees, which is less than Thiel’s user manual recommends).

In my 24.5' x 17.5' room the distance from the coaxial mid/tweeter to the respective side wall was just over 5 feet and each speaker was more than 5 feet from the front wall. This did not optimize bass performance in the room as there was little if any boundary reinforcement from this position, but produced the best soundstage with the most coherent, convincing, precise imaging and best soundstage depth.

Hope this helps.

Warren
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