Thiel Owners

hi thiel owners .

i just try a parasound hca3500 with my thiel cs6 . the result was quite good . high was detail and laid back , mid was thick , and especially the low was crazy as hell . i never imagine parasound will do this great with thiel . any of u using parasound ? i currently using bryston 7bst at this moment .

by the way i blown my mcs1 tweeter again . thinking not to do it at thiel because it just contiune to blown .sad.......

regards

i never imagine parasound will do this great with thiel . any of u using parasound ? i currently using bryston 7bst at this moment .

by the way i blown my mcs1 tweeter again . thinking not to do it at thiel because it just contiune to blown .sad.......

I use a Parasound A52 5-ch. amp to power 4 PSB Imagine Minis (surrounds) and a Thiel MCS1 (centre).

As for the blown tweeter (again), if you've fried the voice coil, that sounds like a clipping problem in the amp—if I understand the physics correctly.

I had the simular problem with the center stage ,
toe-in solved my problem , it took listening to classical music to fine tune it, the speakers are pointing about 16 inches out from each ear.  
Speaker placement and toe-in are personal and a great discussion .
the Prof has his speakers 8 feet apart and sits less than 7 feet away
and no toe-in,
you have yours 80 inches and sit 100 inches away , toe-in ?

I've tried to get into Rush , a few songs maybe but I just can't.
You have created an interest in Pierre Bensusan after listening to  allmusic's snippets of him, never heard of him before so thanks.

I had a very insightful workshop with Pierre, on right-hand guitar technique, decades ago.  To me, Rush only sounded good (particularly the drums) when Terry Brown was producing.  Basically, anything before Signals (1982).

The tweeters are pointing ~30 inches outside each ear, so maybe ~5-10 degrees toe-in?  Cannot be bothered to do the trigonometry.

I started from the Cardas' room node formula and adjusted from there.  I could incorporate the near field equilateral triangle as well, and move the seating closer, but then I'd be sitting too close to the projection screen (120" wide).  Everything's a compromise.

Cheers,
Warren

Good to see you again- claero-

I have often thought about the combo of an older Parasound HCA and Thiel speakers. I have heard the HCS 3500 and Bryston 7B ST/SST models , only in different systems. Keep comparing the (2) amps and posting your listening experiences.
Happy Listening!

Thanks! for chiming in-Warren.
I hope claero's amp is working properly. The HCA series is both powerful and high current John Curl designs.
Happy Listening!

All-
I spotted a pair of CS 3.7 in black finish listed on the Tulsa, OK
Craigslist at $5000. Hope these speakers find a good home.
Happy Listening!