Thiel Owners

Hello fellow Thielistas,

Just wanted to report that my lovely 3.7s arrived unscathed and are currently hooked up and playing sweet music in my pad. I was pretty nervous about shipping these beasts from halfway across the country and especially about having the wooden pallet they came on, "dropped off" on the curb in front of my NYC apartment building! But everything went smoothly. 

I'm still waiting for my outriggers to arrive from Soundocity, which will certainly help with stability and bass coupling on my uneven hardwood floors.

So first impressions... After playing some of my "standards" on the 3.5 for about an hour I hooked up the 3.7s and was absolutely floored by the difference!.. so much more information, detail and dynamic range. One of the largest differences I noticed was in terms of the soundstage- while the 3.5s create a very natural and believable stage that I've enjoyed so much, the 3.7s just go wider, taller and deeper in every direction... These guys just vanish in an almost spooky way.

It's love at firs listen for me. And I haven't even begun to tweek them as far as positioning goes. Also, apparently these particular speakers were never played extensively, and I believe might even need some time to completely break-in.

Some tracks I enjoy playing with new gear are:
Patricia Barber, Postmodern Blues
Jon Iverson, Alternesia (track 3 & 4)
Springsteen, All I'm thinkin' About
Paul Simon, Homeless
Ramsey Lewis Trio, In the Crowd (Tennessee Waltz)

Wow oblgny
You have one of the toughest roughest rooms to set up
that can be imagined .
At 12 feet distance I can see ( imagine hearing ) why you don't have any toe-in.
My current room is the first I've ever had that is a rectangle
measuring 13'2" wide and 17'2" long with 8 foot ceilings
It would be a perfect size  if my listen chair wasn't up against the foot of my king size bed , that I turned 90 degrees to gain 4" of listening space.
At least I don't have to worry about rear wall reflections.

I agree with you about the air , I could never listen to headphones.

You brought up the Temptations " Ball of Confusion ",
it's been a long time since I've heard that one, 
I've just bought a german copy of   "Psychedelic Shack ".
Something else I've learned with upgrading my system
is the my old records while looking good are worn out,
so I've been buying multiple copies from different countries and pressings of my favorites and play them in rotation.

Rob
 
 

Hi Oblgny-

What part of NYC are you in? Your welcome to come by sometime and check out these 3.7s. I’d also be curious to hear your 3.6s with that nice BAT of yours.. I know what you mean by the NASA liftoff sequence getting a little tiring, would be nice to simplify things a bit in terms of the front end gear. 

Arniespin...

Big congrats on receiving the 3.7's safely!  I received my 3.6's from Chicago on a pallet and I was literally watching the weather from start to finish. Cool that you could compare the differences side by side between the 3.5/3.7 too. Enjoy!

vair68robert...

Feh - I've learned to forgive what my room doesn't and just get back to listening to music. 

I dug through my magic bag of speaker cables today and found - to my glee - a 6 foot pair of Goertz Alpha Core Veracity cables that I bought I don't know how long ago. I've had this irking feeling that SOMETHING wasn't coming through with my 3.6's now...something.  Out went the Transparent cables...

I also swapped out the rca ic's I was using with my Sony HAP server, returning to balanced XLR. 

Methinks me hit on a good tweak.