oblgny,
Your post reminds me that a leanness has always been the characteristics of Thiel speakers I listened to (and it's a very common description of Thiel). Virtually every Thiel I ever heard always sounded amazingly accurate, but also like it had somewhat squeezed the sound of each instrument just a bit too hard into a thinner element. (Contrast that to something classically "big and rounder" in the midrange like a Harbeth or older Spendor). It was one of my few complaints, and it was also jut about my only complaint when I had the big CS6s, which I otherwise adored.
That's an area I've found different in the 3.7. It does not sound lean; completely the opposite, it sounds more rich and full than most of the speakers I've been evaluating. I even just expected the Harbeth speakers to at least sound more filled out in the midrange, if only because they sounded so midrange rich in the store and that is their reputation. Yet the Thiels sounded even richer than the Harbeths.
One of many tests I use is a recording of John Williams playing classical guitar. No other speaker I've auditioned yet renders Williams' guitar with such realistic weight and size.
Your post reminds me that a leanness has always been the characteristics of Thiel speakers I listened to (and it's a very common description of Thiel). Virtually every Thiel I ever heard always sounded amazingly accurate, but also like it had somewhat squeezed the sound of each instrument just a bit too hard into a thinner element. (Contrast that to something classically "big and rounder" in the midrange like a Harbeth or older Spendor). It was one of my few complaints, and it was also jut about my only complaint when I had the big CS6s, which I otherwise adored.
That's an area I've found different in the 3.7. It does not sound lean; completely the opposite, it sounds more rich and full than most of the speakers I've been evaluating. I even just expected the Harbeth speakers to at least sound more filled out in the midrange, if only because they sounded so midrange rich in the store and that is their reputation. Yet the Thiels sounded even richer than the Harbeths.
One of many tests I use is a recording of John Williams playing classical guitar. No other speaker I've auditioned yet renders Williams' guitar with such realistic weight and size.