Thiel Owners

I was moving my 3.7s to make room for the 2.7s I’m getting tomorrow.
For the heck of it I set up my old Thiel 02s. For those who don’t know that model, it was before the time/phase coherence - just a regular box speaker, but engineered for a flatter response than most speakers at the time (even though it’s not perfectly flat - a bit of emphasis in the upper mids). Not sure I’d listened to them yet since I got my CJ Premier 16LS2 pre-amp a while back.

Unbelievably musical. So clear, alive sounding, yet warm, with more sparkle than the 3.7s. It’s actually my benchmark for the sound I’ve been chasing for years, which is why I can’t ever get rid of them.
Every time I fire them up I end up thinking "maybe this is all I need" but I know after time I can start to crave some of the finesse of a newer speaker (and scale). But boy do I love those speakers, an unbelievably synergistic match with the CJ amps. (And my Eico HF-81).  I actually prefer listening to them over the Harbeth SHL5 Plus I just sold!

I should have my 2.7s tomorrow so this will be interesting...

Salutations! on this 4th of July weekend.

prof,

Finally getting your 2.7s. My benchmark has always been my 3.5s. Took me years to stumble into a pair of ProAc Tabelettes. Finally a midrange that could sing to me. Keep them in a 2nd system with a pair of Forte' class A monoblocks and a Velodyne sub. An incredibly musical system. Just mates perfectly. I could never sell these Speakers/system.

Just had an amazing leap in my recovery from my back surgery. Was finally able to tweek some of the tube traps and diffusers. Will be a Musical weekend; Hope yours is too.

Best Wishes with your decision !!
Norb